Japan's woes, world crisis

The whole world, not just Japan, is watching how the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) handle the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

With the situation still unfolding after 35 days, a blueprint to end the crisis is still not available. The ongoing radiation leaks have forced Japan to raise the nuclear crisis alert level to the maximum, on a par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

The disaster has caused food and seawater contamination and the full extent of the environmental impact and contamination of the food supply remains to be seen.