Anyway, I'm reminded of this: The moment nuclear plant chief WEPT as Japanese finally admit that radiation leak is serious enough to kill people

After Tokyo Electric Power Company Managing Director Akio Komiri cried as he left a conference to brief journalists on the situation at Fukushima, a senior Japanese minister also admitted that the country was overwhelmed by the scale of the tsunami and nuclear crisis.

Other people who have apologised include the Vicepresident and Executive Vicepresident. But the President of TEPCO remains AWOL.

Economics is politics by other means