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...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on March 20, 2019. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...“[But] people were scared, and it wouldn’t have been possible to get food and fuel to them.”...
...Now Naoto Kan, the prime minister, has suggested Japan should phase out nuclear power altogether....
...Kal Patel, now the group’s Asia president and the man who recommended closure, says: “When you’re very, very successful, you can sometimes do things that feel like they go against rational logic....
...Charoen Pokphand Foods, a big shrimp exporter to Japan, said net income was up by 7.9 per cent....
...Core consumer prices, excluding food and energy, fell by 1.2 per cent in January compared with a year ago. Japan has only escaped deflation for short periods since 1999....
...In it, Hodgman tries the food she’s feeding her dog, from Milk Bonz to Kal Kan Pedigree chunky chicken. It offers a harrowing description of eating a can of meat containing a “long gray vein”....
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