Diet investigation commission

TEPCO releases more photos of tsunami damage at...
A curved line on the hilly area in the background may show where the tsunami reached at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. (Provided by TEPCO)
July 10, 2012
Tokyo Electric Power Co. on July 9 released more photos of the damage at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant caused by the tsunami that was triggered by the Great East...
FINAL REPORT (1) : TEPCO, NISA's dilly-dallying...
Kiyoshi Kurokawa, chairman of the Diet investigation panel, right, and other panel members prepare to talk to reporters at a news conference on July 5. (Shingo Kuzutani)
July 06, 2012
Tokyo Electric Power Co. and nuclear regulatory authorities “intentionally” delayed taking measures against earthquakes and tsunami, causing a "man-made disaster" at the...
FINAL REPORT (2) : Concern for people's lives was...
The Diet investigation panel's report and related materials that were submitted to Kenji Hirata, the Upper House speaker, on July 5. The report contains 641 pages. (Satoru Semba)
July 06, 2012
Concern for people's lives seemed to be the last thing on the minds of officials at Tokyo Electric Power Co. or the central government as they scrambled to contain the nuclear...
FINAL REPORT (3) : 80% of evacuees did not know...
Residents in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, leave an evacuation center and are forced to flee the town on March 12, 2011. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
July 06, 2012
More than eight out of 10 people in the evacuation zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant had no idea there was anything wrong on March 11, 2011, according to the...
FINAL REPORT (4) : TEPCO failed to warn nuke plant...
Workers at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant on March 18, 2011, seven days after the onset of the nuclear disaster (Provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co.)
July 06, 2012
Workers who remained in the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant even after it was hit by the huge earthquake and tsunami to deal with the fast-moving crisis were praised as heroes...
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