This is one anecdote I found: http://crasar.org/2011/03/17/word-from-japan-on-robots-and-f...

You'll find a lot of stuff if you search for the nuclear safety myth in Japan. Here are a couple of links:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/world/asia/25myth.html?pag...

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/06/09/national/myth-of...