Non-Existent Interview with gagged Japanese NGO activist Haruna Kitazoe in Tuvalu

We asked Japanese NGO staffer Haruna Kitazoe in Tuvala if we could interview her about her work there for a Japaense NGO. She told us that we had to send her the questions in writing first and that she would ahve to asked her Japanese NGO boss in Tokyo Mr Hideo Saito if it was okay to communicate with this climate blog. Sicne Japan is still a semi-feudal and semi-police state that does not allow its citizens freedom of speech, even when overseas and working for the betterment of society, Miss Kitazoe, who is fluent in perfect English and is in her mid-20s, was apparently not allowed to answer our questions, since after the initial contacts by email and Facebook, she has refused all contact with this blogger now, obviously under
strict orders of her semi-feudal boss who does not allow his employees to speak freely to the media, which show how Japan is more like communist China than free and democratic North America or Europe. Sigh. But between the lines, we can infer that Haruna might have said the following things, after seeing her in a recent TV documentary titled ''TAIVALU'', in which she did speak freely...

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1. Why did you go to Tuvalu and when did you go there for the first time?









SHE MIGHT HAVE SAID, if had not been under a gag order: I wanted to see what was happening in Tuvalu up close and personal.







2. what in your earlier life in Japan made you feel you want to work



with environment issues?







SHE MIGHT HAVE SAID: I have always cared about the Earth and the environment and I love to



walk of Tuvalu's sunny sandy beaches, especially during the Christmas holidays. It is so beautiful here.









3. How old are you now?







SHE MIGHT HAVE SAID, if had not been under a gag order: In my 20s.









4. How long have you been in Tuvalu and how long do you pkan to stay there?







SHE MIGHT HAVE SAID, if had not been under a gag order: I am not allowed to answer this question, sorry. Gomenasai!









5. are you worried about climate change and global warming? in your



lifetime or later in the future?







SHE MIGHT HAVE SAID, if had not been under a gag order: I am very worried, sure. In my lifetime, yes. But I am not allowed to answer this question truthfylly due to Japan's strange PR interview rules. We are a bit



like communist CHina in this regard. Japan is not a free and open society, as you know.









6. are you worried about rising sea levels? in your lifetime or later



in the future?







SHE MIGHT HAVE SAID, if had not been under a gag order: See answer above.









7. What is it like living in Tuvalu, thinking every day that YOU are



living as Ground Zero of climate change?



I mean, since Tuvalu is the place where the rising sea will strike



FIRST, how does it feel to be living there,



having friends there? how do you FEEL inside in your heart? your



emotions? is it hard to there? or full of joy?







SHE MIGHT HAVE SAID, if had not been under a gag order: I am not allowed to say my true feelings, gomensai.









8. Are you religious, Haruna? do yuou feel God or Buddha or the Shinto Gods



will protect Tuvalu from rising seas? Is religion important to the



people of Tuvalu , in your opinion?







SHE MIGHT HAVE SAID, if had not been under a gag order: In spite of the evidence, many people in Tuvalu don't





believe they will be forced to leave their sinking island in the



Pacific , and point to their Bibles for



proof. In this deeply missionary-fed Christian country, great faith is



placed in the words of Genesis, which says that rainbows are proof God is keeping



his covenant made with Noah to never again flood the earth. But what is



going to happen to a nation without their home islands to anchor what



is left of their culture?









9. who are your heroes in Tuvalu?







SHE MIGHT HAVE SAID, if had not been under a gag order: I am not allowed to speak to the media without permission of my boss.









10. Who are your heroes in the whole world, in Japan or everywhere?







SHE MIGHT HAVE SAID, if had not been under a gag order: I cannot tell you for fear of retribution.

So you see, all ye who are reading here, we asked Japanese NGO staffer Haruna Kitazoe in Tuvala if we could interview her about her work there for a Japaense NGO. She told us that we had to send her the questions in writing first and that she would ahve to asked her Japanese NGO boss in Tokyo Mr Hideo Saito if it was okay to communicate with this climate blog. Sicne Japan is still a semi-feudal and semi-police state that does not allow its citizens freedom of speech, even when overseas and working for the betterment of society, Miss Kitazoe, who is fluent in perfect English and is in her mid-20s, was apparently not allowed to answer our questions, since after the initial contacts by email and Facebook, she has refused all contact with this blogger now, obviously under strict orders of her semi-feudal boss who does not allow his employees to speak freely to the media, which show how Japan is more like communist China than free and democratic North America or Europe. Sigh. But between the lines, we can infer that Haruna might have said the following things, after seeing her in a recent TV documentary titled ''TAIVALU'', in which she did speak freely...