THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, left, accompanied by Yotaro Hatamura, chief of the government investigation committee on the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, speaks after receiving the final report of the committee on July 23. (Kazuhiro Nagashima)
The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on March 24, 2011 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The government panel looking into last year's accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant pointed to a lack of a "safety culture" at both Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the central government.