alex kirst, nhk world, pasadena, california. >>> tokyo electric power company executives have vowed to pressure and released some of the most important evidence from the early days of the nuclear disaster. they unveiled videos that document the efforts to deal with the meltdowns and explosions at the fukushima daiichi plant. tepco officials show the recordings to the media monday. select journalists will now be able to watch 150 hours of edited tape from march 11th to 16th, 2011. it tracks the back and forth conversations between workers at the nuclear plant and personnel at headquarters. tepco also released 90 minutes of edited video. >> the video show workers trying to contain the accident after a series of hydrogen explosions in the early days of the disaster confused them. company executives were also puzzled about the government's intervention in the crisis. tepco officials banned reporters from making their own recordings. they haven't said if they will release video from after march 16th. yori joins us and has been following this story. tell us about the significance of this vid

alex kirst, nhk world, pasadena, california. >>> now let's take a look at the market figures. >>> these photographs show what life was like in a small town in miyagi prefecture before last year's tsunami. if it weren't for the pictures, former residents would hardly have anything to rekindle memories of happier times. so the owner of a local photo shop decided to publish them all in a book too see. >> reporter: thousands of former residents are receiving this book. >> translator: this is before the disaster. now it's all gone. unbelievable. >> reporter: the pictures r reawaken memories of the hometown. tomahiro sasaki is the man behind the lens, but the tsunami washed his photo studio away. however, his father has a hard disk that held the photos. he and a non-profit organization published the images in this book. >> translator: i want people to say, this is what our town looked like and then we'll make a new town just as wonderful. >> reporter: the photos of cherry trees are on the riverbank unlock special feelings for this woman. shiba used to live very close to these trees. every yea