Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
Based on the experience of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, MISA(Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency) of the Ministry of Economy, METI(Trade and Industry) officially issued a heads-up in 2006, insisting that there was a high risk of electric power loss if an unexpected tsunami hit the nuclear power plant. Nevertheless, the upper management, leaded by TEPCO President Masataka Shimizu, ignored this warning.&lt;BR&gt;