Hiroko Tabuchi Norimitsu Onishi Ken Belson New York Times

Just a month before a powerful earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant at the centre of Japan's nuclear crisis, government regulators approved a 10-year extension for the oldest of the six reactors at the power station despite warnings about its safety. The committee reviewing extensions pointed to stress cracks in the backup di...

Just a month before a powerful earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant at the centre of Japan's nuclear crisis, government regulators approved a 10-year extension for the oldest of the six reactors at the power station despite warnings about its safety. The committee reviewing extensions pointed to stress cracks in the backup di...