Returning from nuclear crisis mission

Returning from nuclear crisis mission

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Fire Department rescue squad chiefs (from L to R) Toyohiko Tomioka, Yasuo Sato, and Yukio Takayama take part in a news conference in Tokyo on March 19, 2011, after returning from their water-spraying mission at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. On the right is a special hose and pump, the same type used in the operation to spray the crippled No. 3 reactor.

Returning from nuclear crisis mission

Returning from nuclear crisis mission

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Fire Department rescue squad chiefs Yasuo Sato (C), Toyohiko Tomioka (L) and Yukio Takayama take part in a news conference in Tokyo on March 19, 2011, after returning from their mission at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Sato said his team was able to safely accomplish its mission to spray water into the No. 3 reactor, one of the crippled reactors at the plant.

Kobe Steel head to resign over improper donations

Kobe Steel head to resign over improper donations

KOBE, Japan - File photo shows Kobe Steel Ltd. Executive Vice President Hiroshi Sato, who will replace Yasuo Inubushi as president of the steelmaker on April 1. Inubushi will resign over inappropriate donations to local assembly candidates that were discovered recently by the company.

Kobe Steel head to resign over improper donations

Kobe Steel head to resign over improper donations

KOBE, Japan - File photo shows Kobe Steel Ltd. Executive Vice President Hiroshi Sato, who will replace Yasuo Inubushi as president of the steelmaker on April 1. Inubushi will resign over inappropriate donations to local assembly candidates that were discovered recently by the company. (Kyodo)

Returning from nuclear crisis mission

Returning from nuclear crisis mission

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Fire Department rescue squad chiefs (from L to R) Toyohiko Tomioka, Yasuo Sato, and Yukio Takayama take part in a news conference in Tokyo on March 19, 2011, after returning from their water-spraying mission at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. On the right is a special hose and pump, the same type used in the operation to spray the crippled No. 3 reactor. (Kyodo)

Returning from nuclear crisis mission

Returning from nuclear crisis mission

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Fire Department rescue squad chiefs Yasuo Sato (C), Toyohiko Tomioka (L) and Yukio Takayama take part in a news conference in Tokyo on March 19, 2011, after returning from their mission at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Sato said his team was able to safely accomplish its mission to spray water into the No. 3 reactor, one of the crippled reactors at the plant. (Kyodo)