It was a shocking revelation for a majority of the people in Japan, but maybe not so for major media organizations.
Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., admitted in a news conference on March 30 that on the 11th, the day the twin disasters hit the Tohoku region and crippled Tepco's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, he was traveling to Beijing with retired Japanese journalists, expenses for which were partially paid by the utility.
"We probably paid more than our share" of the travel fee, Katsumata said.