Response from the People of Japan

As a representative for the people of Japan, I think it is important that we not let this scientific discovery blind us from focusing on more urgent issues that were at hand before we received signals from 55 Cancri.  We are still struggling to clean up the aftermath of the Fukushima meltdown, and still having a hard time finding an abundance of a clean, renewable source of energy.  Not one penny of Japanese taxpayer dollars should go towards constructing any type of supernatural machine.  Don't get me wrong, I think receiving a code from a binary star forty one light years away is the most exciting thing to happen to mankind in our existence.  I believe that anyone with the funds to invest in the machine's construction should.  But as of now, Japanese tax payer dollars are too tied up to be spent on such an affair.  I'm going to assume that the construction of this machine will take years.  If this is true, then possibly, hopefully in the near future, Japan can invest in this project, only after the Fukushima evacuation zone has been decontaminated and strides have been made on finding a new source of energy.  

As far as hosting this construction on Japanese soil, I think we better not.  The Machine Accord is made up chiefly of the United States, South America, and Japan.  Those in opposition to its construction include China, Russia, and most likely the Koreas and Vietnams because of their political ties.  In order to avoid the outbreak of any possible war, I think it would be best if the machine were build somewhere on the western hemisphere away from our two biggest opposers.  Building it in Japan is not a good idea because we live right next door to China and Russia, and seeing as our relationship with China isn’t exactly stellar these days, we should try to prevent any potential conflict by building it in either the US or South America.  
I am in favor of lending our intellectual and scientific support to the researching and construction of this machine.  However, our primary goal must be to finish cleaning up the toxicity from the Fukushima meltdown.  Only after that project is complete can we start to lend more financial support to the construction of this machine.

Sincerely,

Arata Atsushi

The Voice of the People