Ten years on, Fukushima's lessons remain unlearned

Tokyo's 'trust us' mentality shows how little has changed

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Damaged No.1 reactor building behind a paved wall at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, pictured on Mar. 1: trust us, the nuclear village lobby told us. © Reuters

William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."

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