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Fukushima plant chief's testimony disclosed

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Yoshida (C), chief of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, answers reporters' questions at the plant in November 2011. On Sept. 11, 2014, the government released documents containing testimony from Yoshida, who died in July 2013, and 18 other people during interviews with government investigators on the handling of the nuclear crisis at the plant.

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Fukushima plant chief's testimony disclosed

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, answers reporters' questions at the plant in November 2011. On Sept. 11, 2014, the government released documents containing testimony from Yoshida, who died in July 2013, and 18 other people during interviews with government investigators on the handling of the nuclear crisis at the plant.

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Debriefing report on 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster

TOKYO, Japan - A debriefing report on the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster containing testimony by key officials, including then power plant manager Masao Yoshida and then Prime Minister Naoto Kan, is shown on Sept. 11, 2014. The government made the report public for the first time amid controversy over Yoshida's remarks in closed hearings.

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Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Pool photo taken Nov. 12, 2011, shows Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaking to reporters at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture. According to government documents obtained by Kyodo News on Aug. 30, 2014, Yoshida said in testimony before his death that he had feared catastrophic damage to eastern Japan while he was struggling to contain the crisis in March 2011. The government will release his 400-page testimony in September.

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Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces on Aug. 25, 2014, in Tokyo that the government will release transcripts of interviews with those who had key roles in handling the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex next month. The interviewees include the late Masao Yoshida, who headed the plant when the crisis broke out in March 2011.

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Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, who headed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant when a nuclear crisis broke out in March 2011. The government will release transcripts of interviews with those who had key roles in handling the disaster, including Yoshida, who died last year, next month.

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Ex-Fukushima Daiichi plant chief Yoshida dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, giving a speech as the crippled plant is shown to journalists for the first time since the start of the nuclear crisis in March 2011. Yoshida died of esophageal cancer at a Tokyo hospital on July 9, 2013, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. He was 58. After the Fukushima complex was hit by tsunami waves following a huge earthquake, Yoshida took command of the situation in an isolated building on the plant's premises.

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Ex-Fukushima Daiichi plant chief Yoshida dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, as the crippled plant is shown to journalists for the first time since the start of the nuclear crisis in March 2011. Yoshida died of esophageal cancer at a Tokyo hospital on July 9, 2013, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. He was 58. After the Fukushima complex was hit by tsunami waves following a huge earthquake, Yoshida took command of the situation in an isolated building on the plant's premises.

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Ex-Fukushima plant chief Yoshida suffered bleeding to brain

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, former chief of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The company said July 30, 2012, that Yoshida, who is recuperating from esophageal cancer, suffered bleeding to the brain and underwent emergency surgery last week.

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Ex-Fukushima Daiichi plant chief Yoshida

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Masao Yoshida, the hospitalized former head of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Its operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said on Dec. 9, 2011, that Yoshida, who stepped down from the post due to health issues, has been diagnosed with esophagus cancer. The possibility of his illness being caused by exposure to radiation after the nuclear accident is extremely low, according to TEPCO.

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Fukushima plant chief Yoshida

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, speaks with reporters at the plant on Nov. 12, 2011. The government and the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., allowed reporters to enter the plant the same day for the first time since it was badly damaged by a series of explosions shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima plant chief Yoshida

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, makes a speech before plant workers at the plant on Nov. 12, 2011. The government and the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., allowed reporters to enter the plant the same day for the first time since it was badly damaged by a series of explosions shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima plant chief Yoshida

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, makes a speech before plant workers at the plant on Nov. 12, 2011. The government and the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., allowed reporters to enter the plant the same day for the first time since it was badly damaged by a series of explosions shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Noda visits Fukushima Daiichi plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) is briefed by Masao Yoshida (L), director of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 8, 2011. Noda assumed office on Sept. 2. (Photo supplied by the Cabinet's public relations office)(Kyodo)

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IAEA chief Amano visits Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiya Amano (R), director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, talks with Masao Yoshida (L), chief of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on July 25, 2011, as he visited the crippled plant in Fukushima Prefecture. Amano said after the inspection that the IAEA is able to offer knowledge in various areas including decontamination and extraction of spent nuclear fuel rods over the ongoing nuclear crisis. (Photo provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co.)(Kyodo)

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General meeting at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Handout photo shows Masao Yoshida, director of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, attending a general meeting of officials in a quakeproof building of the plant in Fukushima Prefecture on May 30, 2011. They hold such a meeting twice a day with the Tokyo headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co. as part of operations to put the crippled plant under control, according to TEPCO. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co.) (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED IAEA experts inspect Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - ADDING DATE Masao Yoshida (L), chief of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, briefs experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency about the plant during an inspection on May 27, 2011. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co.)(Kyodo)

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IAEA experts inspect Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Mike Weightman (L), the leader of an expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Masao Yoshida, chief of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, shake hands on May 27, 2011, as the IAEA team inspects the plant hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co.)(Kyodo)

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Debriefing report on 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster

TOKYO, Japan - A debriefing report on the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster containing testimony by key officials, including then power plant manager Masao Yoshida and then Prime Minister Naoto Kan, is shown on Sept. 11, 2014. The government made the report public for the first time amid controversy over Yoshida's remarks in closed hearings. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima plant chief's testimony disclosed

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, answers reporters' questions at the plant in November 2011. On Sept. 11, 2014, the government released documents containing testimony from Yoshida, who died in July 2013, and 18 other people during interviews with government investigators on the handling of the nuclear crisis at the plant. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Pool photo taken Nov. 12, 2011, shows Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaking to reporters at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture. According to government documents obtained by Kyodo News on Aug. 30, 2014, Yoshida said in testimony before his death that he had feared catastrophic damage to eastern Japan while he was struggling to contain the crisis in March 2011. The government will release his 400-page testimony in September. (Kyodo)

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STORY9: Fukushima plant chief Yoshida feels 'it's all over' amid crisis

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Supplied photo taken in May 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, then chief of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, taking command at the emergency response headquarters to contain the nuclear crisis triggered by an earthquake and tsunami. (Photo courtesy of TEPCO)(For editorial use only)(Kyodo)

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Ex-Fukushima Daiichi plant chief Yoshida

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Masao Yoshida, the hospitalized former head of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Its operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said on Dec. 9, 2011, that Yoshida, who stepped down from the post due to health issues, has been diagnosed with esophagus cancer. The possibility of his illness being caused by exposure to radiation after the nuclear accident is extremely low, according to TEPCO. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima plant chief Yoshida

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, speaks with reporters at the plant on Nov. 12, 2011. The government and the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., allowed reporters to enter the plant the same day for the first time since it was badly damaged by a series of explosions shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Fukushima plant chief Yoshida, nuclear disaster minister Hosono

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, speaks with reporters, with nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono standing next to him, at the plant on Nov. 12, 2011. The government and the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., allowed reporters to enter the plant the same day for the first time since it was badly damaged by a series of explosions shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)