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Panel says no cover-up attempt by TEPCO
The No. 1 reactor building at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, with a new weather cover (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
March 13, 2013
An independent panel says the operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear plant misinformed investigators and blocked inspection of key equipment last year, but that there was ...
BIZ BRIEF: Epson produces new camera viewfinder...
January 22, 2013
Seiko Epson Corp. has begun producing new, high-resolution display screens for professional-grade digital cameras, the company said Jan. 22.
Panel: Government meddling added to Fukushima...
Naoto Kan responds to questions on May 28 before the Diet panel investigating the Fukushima nuclear accident. (The Asahi Shimbun)
June 10, 2012
A panel investigating Japan's nuclear disaster said on June 9 that the ex-prime minister and his aides caused confusion at the height of last year's crisis by heavily...
Woodford accuses investigators of dragging their...
Michael Woodford, former president of Olympus Corp., during an Asahi Shimbun interview (Toshihiro Okuyama)
November 07, 2011
Michael Woodford, the ousted president of Olympus Corp., complained that Japanese investigative authorities are dragging their feet in following up allegations, raised by him,...
EDITORIAL: Diet panel must focus on disaster, not...
October 01, 2011
A law to establish a parliamentary panel to investigate the disastrous accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was enacted on Sept. 30.
Panel: TEPCO should compensate for indirect damage
July 19, 2011
Business indirectly hurt by the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant should also be compensated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. for damages, according to a government panel.
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