If this is an organization that can not provide food and blankets under hazardous conditions, and it can not provide readily available (I presume) instruments, how can they possibly be able to orchestrate the nuclear disaster, that affects not just Japan but certainly the region. It impacts foreign relations, the economy etc. as well as health.

I expect there is a culture of bowing to big companies there. They are not long out of a feudal situation. I think information is not going to freely dispersed, as reporters and TV stations etc. are probably in ways beholden to whatever entity is in charge. So it is going to come from other sources.

And what exactly is the problem with getting food in? People are going in and out it seems. There are firetrucks and cement trucks around the area. Could a firetruck send one of its basket ladders up to a window? Can they not open windows?

I don't care if they have to train hummingbirds to carry one leaf of contaminated spinach at a time to them. Get them some food. mg