It's not that the Japanese government lied to the world when it failed to acknowledge a Nuclear Meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. It's that the Japanese recognize that, with respect to some announcements, "anything that is publicly stated is probably around 10 to 20% of what's true."
Unfortunately, most of the global community was not aware of this rule.
The mark of a great man is his ability to articulate a philosophy of life, a mantra for existence, and live as a manifestation of that core belief.
Jesus Christ died at the hands of those he sought to save, after commanding us to each "love thy neighbor as thyself".
Mohandas Gandhi fell to an assassin's bullet at a prayer meeting, having lived a life in which he sought to "be the change you wish to see in the world".
While this latter loss may sting the sharpest, we can find comfort in a hope that these men are now together in the great beyond that awaits us all. And if there is any justice to existence, any rhyme or reason to our being here, then these men may now enjoy the Platonic Form of that tangy meat-flavored snack product into whose snapping we were commanded by the most macho of men.