Nuclear disaster and communication

"Japanese government and scientists lacked the sense of public relations", Mr Koide, former senior editor for The Yomiuri Newspaper, argued at the lecture for Japan Club on Wednesday.  The Head of Nuclear committee appeared and talked in front of media for the first time in two weeks since the great earthquake.  Japanese citizens really need information about how serious the accident at nuclear plant is, how the radioactive materials affect human body, but nobody was there to make clear explanation.  Foreign government such as Germany well convey information instead.  Mr Koide pointed out, "Somebody had to take initiative to give out a strong message and show the goal on how to resolve the problem from the viewpoint of people not familiar with science"
I agree that the government or civil servant is really bad at public relations.  We, Japanese, were always upset not knowing the value of every information presented about nuclear reactor and radioactivity.