Cabinet of Japan

Sebastian Juarez

japan@worldmun.org

Sebastian Juarez is a sophomore in Leverett House concentrating in Government and receiving a language citation in Arabic. Outside of WorldMUN, Sebastian is involved in the Harvard Undergrad Foreign Policy Initiative and the Harvard College Debate Union. He is originally from Los Angeles, CA, and enjoys drinking boba, swimming at the beach, and binge-watching new shows!

Topic: Cabinet of Japan - 2011 Fukushima Disaster

In 2011, the deadly Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami rocked the shores of Japan. The dual disaster had caused hundreds of billions of dollars in damages, displaced hundreds of thousands, and resulted in tens of thousands of deaths. As Japanese rescue crews arrived on the scene and began evacuating civilians from the Fukushima Prefecture, another disaster loomed on the horizon. As the Fukushima power grid experienced a shutdown due to the tsunami, the cooling systems at the Fukushima power plant failed, and several of the plant’s nuclear reactors went into meltdown. Members of the Cabinet of Japan, a collection of the highest-ranking officials in Japan, gathered in the wake of this crisis. As the leaders discussed solutions to stop the meltdowns, contaminated nuclear waste from the plant was seeping toward the Pacific Ocean, putting millions across the world at risk. Can this cabinet stop this disaster, preserve Japan’s ecosystem, and dictate the future of nuclear policy? In this committee, we will strive to answer these questions and, ultimately, save Japan.