Link to article: http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Japan-s-nuclear-safety-standards-called-flawed-3332360.php
Link to poem: http://www.thehypertexts.com/Haiku%20Best%20Masters%20Translation%20.htm
"[T]he country's regulations are flawed, outdated and below global standards." This article is about how Haruki Madarame, an nuclear power safety chief, apologized for the meltdowns at the Fukushima plant that happened because of the tsunami. He admitted that "nuclear safety guidelines that we have issued until now have [consisted of] various flaws." These flaws had a huge impact on the country. "[The] tsunami knocked out power and cooling systems at the plant, sending its three reactors into meltdowns and causing massive radiation leaks. More than 100,000 people around the plant relocated due to fears of radiation impact on their health." If Japan had taken the safety precautions then it may not have happened as bad as it did. "Japanese safety regulators have missed chances to make improvements when such steps were taken in other countries." This article related to a poem by Yamaguchi Seishi. It is a haiku that tells about how power goes out. This poem could be referring to how in WWII when the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima the power went out, or how the earthquake and tsunamis cause mass destruction. Japan is known for its natural disasters. It says how technology "grinds to a halt" and that happened with the bad saftey precautions with Fukushima. In the poem it says how "[g]rasses wilt" and I believe it connects to the article because the grass does wilt from the nuclear meltdown. If safety is not improved the power can go out again; such as it did in the past.
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