March 16, 2018 Ruiko Muto is a well-known community activist in Fukushima, associated with ‘Fukushima Women Against Nukes’ and several other citizens’ platforms. She has played a pivotal role in the arduous legal battle to ensure compensation and justice for the Fukushima residents. DiaNuke.org: It is 7 years of the ongoing accident in Fukushima […]
March 21, 2018 The governor of nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture appears likely to soon reach an agreement with a French trading house to export rice to France. Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori is starting his 4-day visit to France and Britain on Thursday to promote local produce, including rice, beef, and processed fruit. […]
via Fukushima rice to be exported to France — Fukushima 311 Watchdogs
March 22, 2018 Close to a year after evacuation orders were lifted in four municipalities near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, only 6.1 percent of evacuees have returned to live in their former communities. According to a survey of displaced residents, the top reasons cited for not returning were the condition […]
16 Mar 2018 Despite promises of revitalisation from Japan’s government, seven years on from the nuclear disaster the area is still struggling This month, seven years after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi reactor meltdowns and explosions that blanketed hundreds of square kilometres of northeastern Japan with radioactive debris, government officials and politicians spoke in hopeful […]
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“7 Years After the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster”
“The hardest thing is being exposed to low-level radiation. It does not cause any immediate symptoms. It has no colour and no odour. It does not cause pain; you do not feel hot or itchy. If you could feel the effects of nuclear exposure, it would be lethal. [ie You would only feel an immediate effect if it were a lethal dose of radiation]. In Fukushima, when you are facing a low-level radiation exposure none of the five senses can detect it. Therefore it’s possible to get the impression that you are not affected by radioactivity while there.” Akiko Morimatsu, February 2018
March 14, 2018 Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan expressed concern that foreign ‘interns’ working in Japan under the Technical Intern Training Programme (TITP) were being made to engage in dangerous radioactive decontamination work at locations close to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. ‘A’, a Vietnamese national, had worked for over two years at decontamination […]
March 14, 2018 Japan faces questions from abroad about its handling of the lingering aftereffects of the triple disaster. March 11 marked the seventh anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami disaster that devastated Japan’s northeast coastal regions in 2011. While the resulting accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continues to cause a […]
via Fukushima’s Diplomatic Fallout, 7 Years After the Nuclear Disaster — Fukushima 311 Watchdogs
Photo taken on Feb. 22, 2017 shows a warning sign at Okuma near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan March 11, 2018 by Jon Day TOKYO, March 11 (Xinhua) — “Everyone used to call her ‘Grandma.’ She was one of the sweetest, kindest and most generous people you could ever hope […]
An artist seeks solidarity with those who suffer in Japan
via Documenting the Fukushima aftermath — Beyond Nuclear International
By Linda Pentz Gunter
Remorse (Munen in Japanese) is a short animated film directed by Hidenobu Fukumoto (whose pen name is Ikumasa Teppei), an illustrator from Hiroshima Prefecture. It tells the story of volunteer firefighters and the townspeople of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture during the time of the triple March 11, 2011 disasters when an earthquake and tsunami were followed by explosions and then meltdowns at the 4-unit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
When the earthquake and tsunami struck, the firefighters at first went about their traditional task of search and rescue. But these efforts were tragically curtailed by the dangerous levels of radiation released by the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. Once they too had to evacuate, those trapped by the earthquake and tsunami in areas of high radiation had to be abandoned.
“Remorse” shows how many firefighters continue to feel haunted by “the feelings of the people…
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