Fake report helped justify need for atomic energy commission (1950s Japan)

Fake report helped justify need for atomic energy commission
BY KAZUO YAMAGISHI STAFF WRITER
2011/07/19

Documents show that the central government was not upfront from even before moving into nuclear energy in the 1950s and used a fake report in deciding on the administrative structure to be used in the nuclear energy field.

The report was compiled by the first fact-finding mission sent abroad by the central government between December 1954 and March 1955 to look into how foreign governments administered nuclear energy.

Although the United States was the only nation that had established a commission for nuclear energy, the report stated that many nations had such a commission and recommended that Japan also establish such a body to oversee the administration of nuclear energy.

A document compiled by the science and technology ministry contains a statement by a late official of the former Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) admitting to the false entries in the report.

The document is a 620-page transcript of...

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107180285.html

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