8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan + Tsunami and Alerts

Did a little digging and I think you have a huge misconception on who's primarily to blame here. Yes the Japanese government may have needed to crack down on regulations more, but doesn't it all come down to the energy company, TEPCO? The plant is privately owned by TEPCO and the history of scandal is TEPCO's as well. I expect, in classic Japanese fashion, that the current CEO of the company along with it's board of directors are going to resign after the whole fiasco ends.

Also, to add: I bet you dozens of Nuclear power plants are about the same age, or even older than 40 years old.