61862 What on earth has the LDP learned from its fall to the status of opposition party?
61863 If what it learned was just the gratefulness of being in power, it is obvious that arrogance and corruption will be cropping up like mushrooms again.
61864 The LDP must strictly recognize the current situation of the party, go back to square one where they pledged for rejuvenation and reform, and make the convention a forum to thoroughly examine these issues.
61865 As the rescue operation goes on, new casualties are being discovered and the actual damage has been turning out to be ever greater.
61866 There have been an incredible number of deaths, injured and missing persons.
61867 With no fire extinguishing measures available due to the disrupted water supply, fire that spread all over the City of Kobe has burned more than one hundred hectares.
61868 Two hundred thousand people are being forced to live in evacuation shelters.
61869 There are people devastated by grief over the death of their families, those who are worrying about relatives who are missing, those standing helplessly before their homes in flames ......
61870 It is impossible to imagine how they must feel.
61871 The Great Hanshin Earthquake has struck the overcrowded city.
61872 Not only those in the disaster area but also everyone in this country must be thinking, "why should such a thing happen?"
61873 Analysis of the actual damage, full investigation into the cause of the damage to this extent and other related issues must be carried out immediately.
61874 However, for the time being, we hope that the government will focus its effort on searching for missing persons and assisting the disaster victims, with saving lives being the top priority.
61875 Those prefectural governments that had escaped the earthquake damage should lend their support in rescue and relief efforts.
61876 Since it is a fate of the earthquake-prone archipelago and any one of us could be the victim of such a disaster in the future.