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Look the other way

Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal and other countries are raising taxes and clamping down on those who have found creative ways not to pay them. Many people admit they cheat, but the wealthy say they are being unfairly singled out to cover for government overspending — and people in the middle class, who have seen their household incomes crumble, are bitter about losing even more to taxes.

“In this country, (most of us) are struggling day to day in order to make ends meet,” said Argiris Eleftheriou, 76, of Athens. “The pensioners and the employed are the only ones that aren’t evading taxes. We’re paying the taxes of the rich, too.”

- Tax evaders in Greece, Spain and Italy better beware, USAToday.com, January 29, 2017.

2. Japan’s nuclear safety chief said Wednesday that the country's regulations are flawed, outdated and below global standards as he apologized for their failure to provide better protection.

Haruki Madarame admitted Japanese safety requirements such as for tsunami and power losses were too loose and many officials have looked the other way and tried to avoid changes.

“I must admit that the nuclear safety guidelines that we have issued until now have various flaws,” he said. “We’ve even said that we don’t need to consider risks for massive tsunamis and lengthy power outages.”

Madarame, who heads the Nuclear Safety Commission, was speaking at a parliament-sponsored inquiry investigating the meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi last year.