Widening scandal at Japan's Kyushu nuclear firm

[Fledermaus]

Dozens of workers at Japan's Kyushu Electric Company posed as citizens and lobbied for a power plant to be reopened, an internal inquiry says.

A whistleblower last week revealed that some 50 workers had sent e-mails to a televised debate backing a plan to restart Kyushu's Genkai plant.

But the firm's internal inquiry has found more than 100 employees may have been involved..................

A Kyushu employee told Japanese media how senior officials asked about 50 subordinates to send supportive messages to a televised meeting hosted by the government.

But on Tuesday, sources at the firm revealed that more Kyushu offices had been involved in the lobbying.

National public broadcaster NHK reported that the messages from Kyushu employees accounted for more than 30% of all messages sent in support of the Genkai plant being reopened.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14120512

[stockholmer]

1. take what happens in Japan in terms of illegal/unethical manipulation & multiply X 100 for the US

[kristopher]

2. The employees were specifically told to push a narrative designed to promote fear of loss.

NHK spent considerable time on the story today because the Kyushu Electric report was released. There were a lot of details and I think it is safe to say that "sordid" is the appropriate adjective.

People are pissed.