Essay: Honest-box Vegetables in Tokyo  I was planning a month-
long trip to Japan from mid-March of this year, but decided to
postpone it because of the powerful earthquake/tsunami that
struck there and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
explosions that followed.  I delayed my trip because significant
aftershocks were continuing, and I was concerned about the
possibility of radiation contamination extending far beyond
Fukushima itself.  I also had no idea how and when the
explosions in the nuclear reactors would finally be brought
under control.  A serious power shortage predicted in summer
over the whole of Japan was another worry.  So I waited till
October to go home, the month when no air-conditioning or
heating would be needed.  Before I set off, the shelves at the
Geneva store, where I normally buy imported Japanese food items,
were getting bare.  According to the shop owner, European
governments had imposed a ban on the import of food items from
Japan after the Fukushima disaster in order to preve