This week we thought we'd cover a number of issues relating to safety and how the bigger the problems, the bigger the fudging that goes on to reconcile the solutions with their attendant costs.

Japan's established parties should be worried about mayor of Osaka Toru Hashimoto's popularity, especially after his earlier strident anti-nuclear stance. He is quite smart, although prone to some bizarre personal values.

Apart from the size, what made this demo unusual is that it wasn't organized by a specific political group. You had moms with babies, salarymen, senior citizens, Buddhist priests, and people from all walks of life.

There has been a show down going on over the restarting of the nation's 53 nuclear reactors.

In February multiple major firms in the printing industry have predicted losses on ordinary operations.

TEPCO announced it will roll out 27m smart power meters to consumers from 2013.