[Shaun]

That's a pretty vague article. The only specific example of covering-up information it alludes to is:

He says in 2003 reactors across the country had to be shut down after it emerged the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) had hid accidents.

"They had to shut down 17 plants in 2003 because they'd been falsifying the records about what had been happening at them," he said.

"Now the accidents weren't of a major nature. They weren't anything like what's going on in Fukushima.

I think maybe there's confusion in the area. Perhaps the line is being blurred between a lack of hard information (due to the hectic nature of the damage) and people trying to get all of this information. It just seems a bit disrespectful to accuse the government of lying (ohay recurring theme tonight ) - why would they? The explosions have been well documented; international media is at an all-time high - it would be foolish to try and hide information.