Japan minister says he didn't deliberately mislead
TOKYO, May 27 (AP/UNB) - The chief government spokesman during Japan's nuclear crisis has testified that he did not deliberately mislead the public about the extent of the accident.
Trade and industry minister Yukio Edano told a parliamentary investigative panel on Sunday that the government did not fully understand the damage at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant after a massive earthquake and tsunami last year.
Edano has been accused of failing to provide full information about the accident and of downplaying health dangers.
He denied there was any attempt at a cover-up and said he repeatedly used the phrase "no immediate risk" because that's what officials believed then.
Eventually, the government acknowledged that three reactor cores had melted at the plant.
Trade and industry minister Yukio Edano told a parliamentary investigative panel on Sunday that the government did not fully understand the damage at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant after a massive earthquake and tsunami last year.
Edano has been accused of failing to provide full information about the accident and of downplaying health dangers.
He denied there was any attempt at a cover-up and said he repeatedly used the phrase "no immediate risk" because that's what officials believed then.
Eventually, the government acknowledged that three reactor cores had melted at the plant.
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