takashi sato is a reactor inspector who no longer works at the plant. >> (translated): i wasn't worried about the condition of the plant. i had always thought nuclear power was safe. but in the end, the plant wasn't safe, was it? >> narrator: just up the coast, the fishermen of fukushima knew what was coming next. >> (translated): it's always been said on this shore, the tsunami will follow the earthquake. i went straight to the harbor and headed out to sea. >> narrator: yoshio ichida wanted to save his boat. he was racing straight into the biggest tsunami waves to strike japan in hundreds of years, hoping to crest them before they broke. >> (translated): they were like mountains. we went over three waves that came directly from the east. they were about 15 meters high. it was like this. >> narrator: the biggest of the waves was more than 40 feet high and traveling at over 100 miles an hour. >> (translated): when i looked back to shore, there was a strange ocean mist. i knew something bad was happening. >> narrator: at the nuclear plant, a worker was filming as his co-workers fled to hi

the bank president, yasuhiro sato, told a news conference that chairman takashi tsukamoto will step down. he will remain chairman of the bank's holding company, mizuho financial group, but his pay will be suspended for six months. sato said he will receive a pay suspension for the same period and more than 40 other executives will face penalties including pay cuts. he also explained new measures mizuho will plan to take to prevent similar cases. he said the bank will provide outside board members in november. the step is aimed at improving the bank's transparency and monitoring functions. currently only the holding company has external board members. in addition, the bank plans to set up an inside panel that will keep an eye on transactions with organized crime groups. >> translator: we will implement the plans we've just announced to improve our business practices. the mizuho group will go all out to eliminate connections with gangsters. >>> negotiators from countries in the transpacific partnership free trade talks ended a five-day working group meeting in tokyo. they have failed to na