Tag Archives: thyroid cancer

“I started prioritizing treatment over my dreams for the future”: Public testimony of a young woman diagnosed with thyroid cancer after Fukushima disaster via CNIC

Posted on 2023/03/03 by nfield

[…] The first oral arguments were heard on March 26, 2022, at the Tokyo District Court. The following is the public testimony of one plaintiff, a young woman in her 20s, who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer when she was … Continue reading →

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UNSCEARに要望書を提出しました・ On the occasion of UNSCEAR’s Public Meeting, we write with the wish for UNSCEAR to face the realities of Fukushima’s pediatric thyroid cancer and patients via あじさいの会

Posted on 2022/08/06 by nfield

UNSCEAR（原子放射線の影響に関する国連科学委員会）の前議長ら３人が内堀福島県知事を訪問した2022年7月20日、あじさいの会はUNSECAR関係者に提言書を手渡しました。 手渡した提言書は以下のとおりです。 UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) July 20, 2022 “Ajisai no Kai” thyroid cancer support group Motomi Ushiyama, Representative Chikako Chiba, Secretary General On the occasion of UNSCEAR’s Public Meeting, we write with the … Continue reading →

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Children’s Thyroid Cancer Trial: Statement by Plaintiff #2 via 311supportnet

Posted on 2022/07/21 by nfield

Microsoft Word – 20220526_【英訳】意見陳述要旨（原告２）.docx Reiwa 4 (Wa) No. 1880 311 Children’s Thyroid Cancer Trial (Claim for Damages) Plaintiff 1~6 Defendant TEPCO Holdings Co., Ltd. Summary of Statement of Opinion May 19, 2022 Plaintiff 2 That day was my junior high … Continue reading →

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Urging Support for the 311 Children’s Thyroid Cancer Trial　via Citizen’s Nuclear Information Center

Posted on 2022/05/31 by nfield

Ido Ken’ichi (lead attorney) A group of six young people currently aged 17 to 27, who had been living in Fukushima Prefecture at the time of the Fukushima nuclear accident (then 6 to 16 years old) and went on to … Continue reading →

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Cancer patients forced to testify anonymously in Fukushima nuclear disaster case　via The Telegraph

Posted on 2022/05/29 by nfield

ByJulian Ryall TOKYO A court in Japan this week began hearings against the operator of a Fukushima power plant over cases of thyroid cancer in children allegedly linked to the 2011 nuclear disaster. […] The people – all aged between 6 and 16 at … Continue reading →

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Cancer patients seek damages from Fukushima nuclear plant via AP

Posted on 2022/05/27 by nfield

By Mari Yamaguchi […] It is the first group lawsuit filed by Fukushima residents over health problems allegedly linked to the disaster, their lawyers say. One plaintiff, identified only as a woman in her 20s, testified from behind a screen … Continue reading →

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Cancer patients seek damages from Fukushima nuclear plant via abc news

Posted on 2022/05/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Tokyo court has begun hearings in a lawsuit seeking nearly $5 million in damages for six people who were children in Fukushima at the time of its 2011 nuclear power plant disaster and later developed thyroid cancerByMari Yamaguchi Associated … Continue reading →

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Voices of plaintiffs suffering from thyroid cancer in Fukushima via OurPlanet-TV

Posted on 2022/02/22 by nfield

The voices of six Fukushima youth plaintiffs who spent the last 10 years without telling anyone about their thyroid cancer

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Fukushima nuclear disaster: Japanese youth sue over cancer diagnoses via BBC

Posted on 2022/01/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Six young Japanese people are suing the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant after developing thyroid cancer in the years following the 2011 nuclear disaster. The plaintiffs, aged between six and 16 at the time of the disaster, say they … Continue reading →

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Thyroid cancer in Fukushima children increased 20-fold　via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2021/05/24 by nfield

Latest results of the Fukushima thyroid screenings confirm worrying trend By Dr. Alex Rosen In 2011, people in Japan were exposed to radioactive fallout. Some still live in contaminated regions where they are exposed to elevated levels of radiation on … Continue reading →

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