http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/2011/06/28/elderly-volunteers-to-help-fukushima-nuclear-cleanup-via-the-japan-times-online/ Sat, 18 May 2013 13:13:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/2011/06/28/elderly-volunteers-to-help-fukushima-nuclear-cleanup-via-the-japan-times-online/comment-page-1/#comment-20194 norma field Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:21:53 +0000 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/?p=4617#comment-20194 This is one of the few articles on the “Skilled Veterans Corps” that suggests a historical reason for the corps group’s embarking on this project. The interview at http://iwakamiyasumi.com/archives/9034
(in Japanese) is illuminating. It refers to the shared experience of opposing the 1960 Ampo (US-Japan Security Treaty). It also refers to Mr. Yamada’s exchange with someone asking what it meant to “support” the Corps while being unwilling to put his life on the line: “please think about how you will live the rest of your life.”

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