And he believes that holds a lesson for Americans.
The cultural compliancy of the Japanese people may have contributed to the attitudes that enabled the Fuukushima disaster to happen, but Dr. Ohska says they are now being further tested by the official statements that have come after the nuclear accident.
Dr. Ohska observes that the widespread view that the tsunami was responsible for the meltdown, rather than the earthquake that triggered the tidal wave, is also being called into question.