Japan cabinet stunned, confused after quake, minutes show

TOKYO (Reuters) – A stunned Japanese cabinet felt no one was taking charge days after a tsunami smashed into the Fukushima nuclear power plant, unofficial minutes released on Friday showed, evidence of the scale of confusion as the country faced its biggest crisis since World War Two. Ministers also thought there might be a meltdown just hours after the disaster struck on March 11 last year, but they gave no sign to the public of their worst fears. …