but this behind me here, this is me, inside the fukushima plant four yea rs inside the fukushima plantthe fukushima plant four years ago... this changed everything, many companies deciding they did not want anything to do with nuclear power and those that did insisted any new plants must be much safer the cause of that, they work going to be much more expensive than bad is the root of toshiba's current financial disaster. —— and that is. toshiba is not alone. 0ther famous japanese names have been through deep crises, last year sharp was told to a taiwanese company, now toshiba will be broken up, it's best it's sold off to the highest bidder. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, tokyo. well lets talk more about this with makoto itoh, he's a professor emeritus of the university of tokyo and a member of the japan academy. a warm welcome to the programme, i am interested first and toshiba, the figures delayed once again, what is your take on what we might hear from toshiba? hello! i suspect he perhaps cannot hear us... no, i hearyou. good to establish communications, i am just going to try ag

safety standards have changed since the fukushima daiichi nuclear accident in 2011. westinghouse extended the completion date another four years. the slowdown is partly due to the modular construction method. the plant is built in sections at factories in other states. and assembled at the site. this is meant to save time and cut costs, but in this case, there was a shortage of workers with the right skills. >> how are you? >> reporter: as one state official said, the completed modules were below standard. >> they did not meet the standards of excellence that either toshiba or westinghouse or the company expected or that the nrc would approve. and so they had to be redone and they were redone on site. >> reporter: complicating the delay were the terms of the contract. when westinghouse signed a deal in 2008, it agreed to cap construction costs. any additional expense would be borne by westinghouse. the financial burden on westinghouse and toshiba multiplied when construction took longer and costs mounted. one expert says management should have seen it coming. >> my g

this is me inside the fukushima and if you plan to four years ago. this changed everything.ies decided they didn't want anything to do with nuclear power. those that did insisted any new plants must be much safer and because of that they we re much safer and because of that they were going to be much more expensive. that's the root of toshiba's current financial disaster. toshiba is not alone. 0ther disaster. toshiba is not alone. other famous japanese names have been through deep crises. last year sharp was sold to a taiwanese company. now toshiba will be broken up, its best bits sold off to the highest bidder. a fabulous report. can i tell you, we are all loving that report here! thank you. also, the 70s, i was right with you, unfortunately! thank you. i know you will keep across those numbers. we will see if any more information comes out. thank you. that was rupert wingfield—hayes, joining us from tokyo. be prepared — she's coming to a ford car near you. alexa, behave yourself. ford has partnered with amazon to integrate its alexa voice assistant into its latest line of

like your previous caller, i am concerned about the fukushima spill, the most recent mother of all bombsthe way that we make use of science. plastic bags. plastic bottles for drinking water. i do not think people understand what will happen is we will be fighting about water. we will have water wars. i have read a lot about that. science is very important. but we must be good stewards of the earth and find a balance, somewhere between the two. student friend who is a at a university who completed her masters in biology. we talk about the importance of science. i wanted to call in and share with you that my concern is that -- we are not good stewards of the earth and we must protect the earth. host: ok. the washington post look at some of the president's environmental policies and reports that the white house is eyeing a plan to cut the epa staff by 1/5 and eliminate key programs. says the funding level proposed, which says -- the document says highlights the trade-off in choices inherent in pursuing these goals to have a significant impact on the agency, its annual budget would top from

to have you come and speak at one of our monthly meetings because right now our main project is fukushima and the extinction level event and why it is being ignored. we have a former nasa scientist who has a remedy for it but it need billions for it. why these things are ignored? >> host: kathleen what is the ion site? >> the institute of onic medicine. it was started after edgar and it is doing science-based research. when i comment, i say the human electromagnetic body. we have potential in our bodies and this organization is looking into that. .... so, edgar mitchell came back from the moon after the epiphany, quit nasa, divorced with wife and started this organization. it became a front for the cia. and i found that fascinating. he became very involved in all of this, and he is actually the individual who brought geller to the united states and he was the front for the cia in doing that because geller was such a hugely popular figure think needed to mask the idea he was actually being tested by the cia at stanford research institute. >> host: are you familiar with kathleen and her wor

would love to have you come and speak at a monthly meeting because right now or main project is fukushima, the extinction level event and why it's being ignored and we have a former nasa scientist who has a remedy for it. but it needs billions of dollars. so why are these things ignored and -- i don't know ump. >> kathleen, what is the ion society? >> caller: in the institution of know yetic sciences started by ed car mitchell after the epiphany and they do lot of research, they have the a campus in marin, and they do a lot of psychoken kin nettic research and it's showing the underlying -- when i lecture i calm my lecture the human electromag yet nick laser body. we have so many more possibilities and potential in our bodies, and of course this organization is just looking into that. >> host: thank you, ma'am. are you familiar with this organization? >> guest: yes. so, edgar mitchell came back from the moon after the epiphany, quit nasa, divorced with wife and started this organization. it became a front for the cia. and i found that fascinating. he became very involved in all of this, a