Japan’s Independent Probe Into Fukushima Releases Report Today
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Japan’s parliamentary-sanctioned investigation into the Fukushima nuclear disaster will submit recommendations today on the future of the country’s atomic power industry, which posted combined losses of 1.6 trillion yen ($20 billion) in the year ended March.
The six-month independent investigation, the first of its kind with wide-ranging subpoena powers in Japan’s constitutional history, held public hearings with former Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s ex-president Masataka Shimizu, who gave conflicting accounts of the disaster response.