Some more rich information on Fukushima, 10 years on
Posted: 10th March 2021
Some of JAN members joined forces to create original online contents to mark the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster and raise awareness about nuclear issues. The first one was made primarily by those who regularly attended the almost-weekly “Hanashitai” talk events, while the second one was a joint effort of JAN UK and other anti-nuke groups that belong to the “Yosomono-net,” a group of Japanese people residing abroad, mainly in Europe. Please enjoy & spread the word if you can!
1) “10 years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster – Insights from a Fukushima evacuee”
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster a powerful video is now available which combines the evocative words in English of a Fukushima evacuee, accompanied telling images and a soundscape. All the music involves people living in Fukushima at the time of the disaster, including an amazing children’s taiko drumming group.
The video gives a real sense of what it feels like to experience a nuclear disaster. It is the inside and under-reported story on the response of the Japanese government, and their suppression of data about contamination levels and medical consequences. The health and social effects of living with radiation for nuclear workers, local families and children are brought home; legal efforts by civil society to make TEPCO and the government take responsibility are described; and the implications for countries planning to build further nuclear power stations are explored.
Released by Japanese Against Nuclear UK (JAN UK), the video shows clearly why nuclear power is a redundant, dangerous and hugely expensive technology which creates an unsolvable legacy for future generations; a technology which has been left behind by clean renewables providing safe energy at a fraction of the price.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkYEKViOUgg
The video includes subtitles in 12 languages: English / Catalan / Chinese (simplified) / Chinese (traditional) / Dutch / French / German / Japanese / Korean / Portugese / Spanish / Tamil
2) “10 Years On: Digging Behind the Headlines About the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster”
It’s been 10 years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster started. It may now seem that “reconstruction” efforts are ongoing, but what about the lives of those who’ve lost their homes and/or livelihoods and those who’ve been faced with health risks? In this video, Oshidori Mako & Ken, an independent journalist team who’ve worked tirelessly ever since the disaster, explain some of the spin and cover-ups that they’ve seen in all these years.
The video includes subtitles in 6 languages: English / Catalan / French / German / Japanese / Spanish
<Oshidori Mako & Ken>
Japanese stand-up comedy duo married to each other. Ever since the Fukushima nuclear disaster, they have worked as a freelance journalist team doing investigative reporting. Mako has the highest attendance record of all the journalists at the press conferences held by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the wrecked nuclear power plant, and is known for asking sharp and detailed questions. Holder of the 2016 runners-up award of the Peace and Cooperative Journalist Fund of Japan.
*You can donate to support their investigative reporting.
Click for more details in Japanese: http://oshidori-makoken.com/?page_id=126
Plus - (It’s not JAN’s work but) here’s a link to a highly recommended graphic novel about young people in Fukushima available in English and French.
English version
https://issuu.com/nos-voisins-lointains-3.11/docs/fukushima-3.11_d197002659f396
Version française
https://issuu.com/nos-voisins-lointains-3.11/docs/fukushima-3.11