The US government was considering the plan to evacuate all 90,000 US citizens living in Tokyo right after the Fukushima I Nuclear power Plant accident, according to a new book.
元米国務省日本部長のケビン・メア氏が、１９日に出版する「決断できない日本」（文春新書）で明らかにした。９万人避難が実行されていれば、他国の政府対応はもとより、日本人にもパニックを引き起こしかねないところだった。
The book, which is to be published on August 17, is titled "決断できない日本 (Japan that cannot decide)" (Bunshun Shinsho) and was written by Kevin Maher, former Japan Desk director at the US State Department. If the plan to evacuate 90,000 Americans had been carried out, it could have triggered reactions from other foreign governments, and caused panic among the Japanese.
メア氏は震災直後、国務省内の特別作業班で日本側との調整にあたり、著書にその内幕をつづった。
Maher's book recounts the inside information that Maher obtained as he was part of the special task force within the State Department right after the March 11 disaster, communicating with the Japanese side.
NOTE: If you were one of those 90,000, how do you feel about it?
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