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Mr Itakura Masao who returned to live in Tomioka Town, Fukushima Prefecture. via FoEJapan

Posted on 2022/03/13 by nfield

“If you haven’t seen Fukushima, you can’t possibly imagine this reality,” said by Mr. Itakura Masao, who returned to live in Tomioka Town, Fukushima Prefecture. The evacuation orders for the town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture were lifted in 2017. … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Storyteller Yoshiko Aoki: almost 6 years after 3.11, her sheer experience & generally shared voices of Fukushima via Japanese Perspective

Posted on 2017/04/09 by nfield

[…] Yoshiko Aoki:  Hello, everybody. My name is Yoshiko Aoki. I live in Koriyama city. Now, you can see the map on the screen. This is a map of Fukushima. In the middle of the map, is where Koriyama city … Continue reading →

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SIX YEARS AFTER: 4 more districts in Fukushima set to be declared safe to return to　via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2017/02/28 by nfield

Evacuation orders will be lifted shortly for four more municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture, but the prospect of residents returning to their old homes in huge numbers seems unlikely. The restrictions, in place since the immediate aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear … 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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Less than 15 percent of evacuees want to return to Fukushima homes via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/10/28 by norma field

An increasing number of evacuees are reluctant to return home in two municipalities that became ghost towns four-and-a-half years ago following the disaster at the nearby Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, a survey showed. When asked if they would return … Continue reading →

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4 Years After Fukushima Nuclear Calamity, Japanese Divided on Whether to Return via The New York Times

Posted on 2015/08/08 by norma field

IITATE, Japan — For four years, an eerie quiet has pervaded the clusters of farmhouses and terraced rice paddies of this mountainous village, emptied of people after the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 25 miles away, spewed … Continue reading →

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Japan and IAEA risk Fukushima victims’ lives with forced return via The Ecologist

Posted on 2015/07/29 by norma field

A massive decontamination exercise is under way in Iitate Village near Fukushima, writes Kendra Ulrich: step one in a plan to force 6,000 residents back into the evacuated zone in 2017. But as radiation levels remain stubbornly high, it looks … Continue reading →

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Evacuees from Fukushima town get official OK to return home in time for Bon via the Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/06/18 by norma field

IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture–Residents of the town of Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture will be allowed to return home permanently in early August since being evacuated after the 2011 nuclear disaster, although it’s unclear how many will. The central government said June … Continue reading →

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Forced to Flee Radiation, Fearful Japanese Villagers Are Reluctant to Return via The New York Times

Posted on 2014/04/28 by norma field

MIYAKOJI, Japan — Ever since they were forced to evacuate during the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant three years ago, Kim Eunja and her husband have refused to return to their hilltop home amid the majestic mountains of … Continue reading →

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