Japan Held Nuclear Data, Leaving Evacuees in Peril (Published 2011)Contaminated soil at a school in Koriyama, Japan.Credit...Ko Sasaki for The New York Times FUKUSHIMA, Japan — The day after a giant tsunami set off the continuing disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, thousands of residents at the nearby town of Namie gathered to evacuate. Given no guidance from Tokyo, town officials led the residents north, believing that winter winds would be blowing
