Japan still believes it can end its nuclear crisis within months, while accepting damage from March's quake and tsunami was worse than first thought.
The government and the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant recently revealed the No 1 reactor suffered a near complete meltdown within hours of the disaster.
But they still believe a "cold shutdown" is possible by January.
January 2012? This situation just gets more distressing and surreal all the time. To read the rest of the article, click here.