On March 12, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was injecting seawater to cool a reactor. Tokyo Electric Power’s headquarters wanted the injection stopped. The plant manager, Yoshida Masao, quietly told the staff in charge to keep injecting.
Accounts of his words differ. In one, reported by Gendai Business, he said: Chūshi meirei wa suru keredomo, zettai ni chūshi shite wa dame da. I will give the order to stop, but under no circumstances stop. In the video conference with headquarters, he reported that the injection was being interrupted. It continued.
In May 2011, Tokyo Electric Power first announced that the injection had been interrupted for 55 minutes. On May 26, it corrected itself. The injection had never stopped.