Presents an analysis and exploration into the impact of Japan's 2011 nuclear crisis. Contents - Definition of the Ministries' IAIs (Independent Administrative Institutions), including Historical Development. Ministries Involved in Nuclear Sector and Their IAIs/ Portrait of Japan's Current Political Environment/ Japan's Pre-earthquake Economy/ METI's Electric Development Power Corp/ Ehime, Aomori, Fukushima and MOX: Prefectural Acceptance of Ministerial 'Guidance' in Return for Public Works Projects/ Don't Blame the Bureaucrats Blame the System.SUSAN CARPENTER is the managing director of International Markets Analysts Limited. She has worked for Japanese business and government organizations and also served as the Director of the MSc in International Business and Emerging Markets at the University of Edinburgh Businss School. Her previous publications include Special Corporations and the Bureaucracy: Why Japan Can't Reform (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) and Why Japan can't reform: Inside the System (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).