By Martin Fackler November 12, 2011 8:08 am November 12, 2011 8:08 am Updated | Sunday | 7:19 p.m. Eight months after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami, the Japanese government has opened the compound and surrounding area to the media for the first time. On Saturday, a group of reporters, including Martin Fackler of The New York Times, toured the