TEPCO lobbied for compensation limits (by Asahi Shimbun)

President Masataka Shimizu, second from left, and other officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co. offer their apologies to evacuees on May 4 in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture. (Toru Nakagawa)

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201105050092.html

Fewer workers willing to brave radiation risk at crippled Fukushima plant (by Asahi Shimbun)

Workers spray agents at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on April 1 to keep radioactive substances grounded. (Photo provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co.)


http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201105050093.html

Chubu Electric plans to stop Hamaoka nuclear power plant (by Mainichi Shimbun)

The Hamaoka nuclear power station in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, is pictured in this aerial photo taken from a Mainichi helicopter on Feb. 23, 2011. (Mainichi)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110506p2g00m0dm092000c.html

Money not reaching victims / Lack of staff, difficulty in identifying recipients seen behind delay (by Mainichi Shimbun)

Only a tiny fraction of the money donated to help survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake has made it into the hands of disaster victims nearly two months since the devastation of March 11.


http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110504002700.htm

Opinion split on health effects of low radiation doses (by Mainichi Shimbun)

Evacuees are screened for radiation contamination at a testing center Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in Koriyama city, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, four days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's north east coast. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110506p2a00m0na020000c.html

Disastrous pattern of academic-gov't collusion must not be allowed to continue (by Mainichi Shimbun)

Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) of Japan Chair Haruki Madarame testifies before the Diet's House of Councillors Budget Committee on March 28. (Mainichi)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20110506p2a00m0na003000c.html