new york time s call k michael cristoff. japan looking graver and graver by the moment. it seems, there is a concern from the beginning of this crisis that the japanese needers would not be as candid and up front as they needed to boo and it seems to be that american leaders may be saying what japanese citizens are not hearing. the new york times, of course, talked about extremely high radiation across the top but right here in tokyo a dearth of candor. that s just, nicholas, that s just cultural, isn t it? it is. a lot of things. a tradition in japan of sort of toning down that news. one of the famous examples was at the end of world war ii when he surrendered, he began the announcement of the surrender that things weren t going altogether well on the front. you lived in japan for five years. i lived in japan for five