@SDGundamX

#1 apology: sorry for misinterpreting and misrepresenting your praise for the officials.

#2 apology: sorry, but the hyperlinks I input do not seem to appear (even despite a re-edit...). Below for reference in all their raw glory:
Gov't withholds radiation data: .
Gov't awards contract to agency to monitor internet (tweets and blogs) for nuclear radiation related comments: .
Gov't contract scope description: .
Comment from Tokyo Bar Association member: .

Agree that the organizations involved should not have re-edited the video to serve as propoganda.

About Kyushu Electric, I could not read the article you linked (blocked by a paywall). Is it about the employees doing the email campaign to influence the start up of the reactors?

cheers,
goemon

@SDGundamX

I would not go so far as saying I "respect" the poor government guys for showing up; isn't that the bare minimum they can do (meeting with the constituents)?

As far as a "big cover-up going on", I will agree that the government is challenged by its own legendary bureacracy and sloth. And the privatization of the energy industry certainly complicated matters.

But there would appear to be some credible evidence that the government have been withholding data if not outright suppressing it. The latest news is that they have awarded an agency with a contract to monitor and report on any statements made in the internet (ie twitter, forums, etc) about the nuclear situation and to "correct" and record such statements (and the people who made them). I'm still not sure whether this is simply market analysis or propaganda/censure (as suggested by a member of the Tokyo Bar Association), but I know I don't like that the government has time/money/energy to spend on this kind of activity.

(Sorry that some of the links above lead to Japanese-only sites/info.)

As far as audience members in the video not being residents from the "affected area": how do we measure the "affected area"?
Do we use the area defined by the government (conveniently short of the major Tohoku Expressway connecting commerce between Tohoku and Kanto)?
All of Japan (which is still receiving food originated from prefectures around the nuclear plant)?
Do we include the ocean (where less data appears available)?

I think it's difficult to say.

cheers,
goemon

EDIT: Re-inserted hyperlinks...

@SDGundamX Thanks for the additional background check on the video.

So, do you think the Japanese government is doing all it can to inform and protect their citizens?