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Testimony of a mother who evacuated from Tokyo via Fukushima 311 Voices

Posted on 2017/11/29 by nfield

[…] I am standing here to tell you that the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe is not over. I evacuated to Kansai (note2), three years after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. Where do you think I evacuated from? I evacuated from … Continue reading →

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Mothers who fled Fukushima fallout raise voices against Genkai plant restart in Saga via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/04/23 by nfield

SAGA – A group of mothers who evacuated from the Kanto region to Fukuoka Prefecture after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis is ramping up protests against efforts to restart the Genkai nuclear plant in neighboring Saga. After meeting with Minister … Continue reading →

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VOICES FROM JAPAN: Radiation Road Signs, Nuclear Refugees, Government Cover-Ups Fukushima Nuclear Disaster turns Six via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2017/03/08 by nfield

 VOICES FROM JAPAN Nuclear Hotseat’s annual Fukushima Anniversary program on the ongoing nuclear disaster features VOICES FROM JAPAN – interviews with displaced residents from Fukushima Prefecture whose lives have been profoundly and irrevocably changed by the ongoing nuclear disaster. Featuring: … Continue reading →

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SIX YEARS AFTER: 60 percent say Fukushima evacuees bullied via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2017/02/26 by nfield

More than 60 percent of current or former evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear crisis said they were victims of bullying or discrimination in areas they evacuated to or witnessed or heard of such incidents, according to a new survey. The … Continue reading →

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Fukushima nuclear disaster evacuees ‘pressured’ to return to contaminated homes, says Greenpeace via Deutsche Welle

Posted on 2017/02/21 by nfield

[…] Residents from the Japanese ghost village of Iitate will be allowed to return to their former homes at the end of March – the first time since they were forced to flee the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. That’s … Continue reading →

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Only 13% of evacuees in 5 Fukushima municipalities have returned home as of Jan. via The Mainichi

Posted on 2017/01/29 by nfield

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) — Only 13 percent of the evacuees from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in five municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture have returned home after evacuation orders were lifted, local authorities said Saturday. Some residents who used to live in … Continue reading →

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　Niigata elementary school teacher calls Fukushima evacuee a ‘germ’ via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/12/02 by norma field

    NIIGATA – A student who fled the Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011 has been absent from school for more than a week since a teacher added “germ” to his name when addressing him in late November, a … Continue reading →

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12,000 evacuee households from Fukushima fret over benefit loss　via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2016/12/01 by norma field

[…] “With cleanup efforts moving ahead, the living environments are getting better,” Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori said at the time. The decision will affect the so-called voluntary evacuees, who lived in areas that were never designated evacuation zones, and evacuees … Continue reading →

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Hayao Miyazaki Gives 300 Million Yen to Build Kids’ Area in Park via Animenewsnetwork

Posted on 2015/06/27 by norma field

Anime director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki donated 300 million yen (around US$2.4 million) to the town of Kumejima, Okinawa for the construction of an “Interaction Center for Children” in the town’s Zenda Forest Park. The project’s supervisor and … Continue reading →

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Survey: Large majority of Fukushima evacuees have family members with health problems via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/05/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nearly 70 percent of evacuees from areas around the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have family members complaining of physical or mental problems, a recent survey showed. Released by the Fukushima prefectural government, the survey covering fiscal 2014 … Continue reading →

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