President of Japan Utility That Owns Leaking Nuke Plant Hospitalized

[highplainsdem]

Source: AP

President of Japan Utility That Owns Leaking Nuke Plant Hospitalized
Mar 30, 2011 – 12:35 AM
Mari Yamaguchi
AP


TOKYO -- The president of the beleaguered Tokyo utility company that owns the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant leaking radiation in the northeast has been hospitalized with high blood pressure, the company said Wednesday.

Masataka Shimizu, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., had not been seen for nearly two weeks after appearing at the news conference two days after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that hobbled the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant.

Shimizu, 66, was taken Tuesday to a Tokyo hospital after suffering dizziness and high blood pressure, TEPCO spokesman Naoki Tsunoda said.

Confirmation of his hospitalization comes amid speculation about his health after he disappeared from sight. Company Vice President Sakae Muto has appeared regularly at news briefings instead. TEPCO officials had been deflecting questions about Shimizu's health, saying he had been "resting" at company headquarters.


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[lutherj]

1. This indicates to me that he is a real person, and is aware of the gravity

of the situation. Imagine if the Koch brothers owned the plant. All we would be hearing is the blathering propaganda of a right-wing automaton. I wish Mr. Shimizu well.

[jberryhill]

3. Thank goodness the hospitals have nothing better to do

...than to care for this important wealthy man who is so distraught.

I was expecting his condition to be severe abdominal lacerations, but he obviously lacks a sufficient sense of honor.

[AndyTiedye]

4. If He Were Reported to Have Committed Suicide I'd Want Someone to Check the Coffin

…to make sure he was really in it.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

7. whoops, self delete ,,,,wrong place for response

[Hannah Bell]

5. i think it's probably more like a ruse to excuse his absence from the scene.

the proper thing to do would be to have shown his face instead of leaving minions to face the music.

he's a bad actor in japanese terms.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

8. my toughts exactly , kinda like the dude who designed the Titanic and took a childs seat in lifeboat

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[jberryhill]

2. Hey, Shimizu-san

囲碁性交自分

[CountAllVotes]

9. Japan to Scrap 4 of 6 Damaged Nuclear Reactors

:hi:
I clicked on the link posted and this is what comes up now.

No sign of Mr. Shimizu! :grr:

:kick:

[daleo]

10. Well, it's not radiation sickness.

That's for the employees, not the management.