. >> gary blumenthal, war perspectives. mr. ambassador, curious, what is japan doing to recognize the individual workers who made a great personal sacrifice to try and prevent further damage to the rest of the population from the fallout? >> i think you are talking of people who are working in the nuclear site, and also those people worked in the police force, self defense force, fire department people. there are a lot of people who have worked and i think the most -- i should not say, label, but are those workers on the site who have really been there all the time. if they had left it would have been such a disaster. so, i think we should recognize them. i don't know how we can because there are a lot of people. i think maybe their work is going to be done in a group or individual -- i'm sorry, i do not know at this juncture. i say this because this is so difficult. on american side, if i am extending gratitude there are some people up in front but there are a lot of people in the back side who were not seen by us but were on

. >> gary blumenthal. mr. ambassador, just curious, what is japan doing to recognize the individual workers who have made a great personal sacrifice to try to prevent further damage to the rest of the population from the fallout? >> i think that you are talking about people that are working in the nuclear site and also those people in the police force, self-defense force, fire department people. there are a lot of people that have worked, and i think the most -- i should not say legal dhaka but are those workers on the site who have really been there all the time. if they had left to think it would be such a disaster so, i think it is we should recognize that i don't know how we can because there are a lot of people maybe it is that their work is going to be done in a group or individual. i'm sorry i do not know at this juncture, but i say this because this is so difficult on the american side extending gratitude there are some people of on the front but a lot of people on the backside who were not seen by us

. >> gary blumenthal. just curious, what is japan doing to recognize the individual workers that have made a great personal sacrifice to try to prevent further damage to the rest of the population from the fallout? >> i think you are talking of people who are working at the nuclear site, and those people in the police force, a self- defense force, fire department people -- there are a lot of people that have worked, and i think the most are the workers on the site that have been there all the time. it they would have left, it would have been such a disaster, so i think we should recognize them. i do not know how we can come up because there are a lot of people, i think maybe the work will be done and a group or individual. i am sorry, i do not know at this this is so difficult. there are some people out in front. there are a lot of people on the backside not seen by us that were working all the time. i do not know how we can identify, but the gratitude should be there. i personally have expressed gratitude