Japan was wary of U.S. military taking control over Fukushima crisis

Key members of Japan's Defense Ministry and troops were wary in 2011 that the U.S. military would take control of the response to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi complex, according to the former head of the Joint Staff and others involved.The latest accounts by current and former Defense Ministry officials and Self-Defense Forces members laid bare heightened tensions between the allies over the initial response to the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.Rescue and relief operations following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami dubbed "Operation Tomodachi" are now widely known in Ja…READ FULL ARTICLE