We conducted video interviews of people who are struggling aftermath of the nuclear disaster, standing up and raising voices towards a sustainable, nuclear-free future, and those who have returned to Fukushima facing many challenges.
Some videos are available in multiple languages.
Testimonials Mr. Itakura Masao, who returned to live in Tomioka Town, Fukushima Prefecture
"If you haven't seen Fukushima, you can't possibly imagine this reality," said by Mr. Itakura Masao, who returned to liv...
Testimonials “As for the soil [radiation dose], it doesn’t seem to have gone down very much.”
Mr. Nakamura Jun, Co-Chair of the "Fukuichi Area Environmental Radiation Monitoring Project", has been monitoring radiat...
Testimonials Mr Ito Nobuyoshi, who lives in Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture.
Having retired and moved to Fukushima, Mr. Ito says, "I could farm for just one year, in 2010. I made 8 tons of rice. Th...
Testimonials Ms Oga Ayako, who evacuated from Okuma Town in Fukushima Prefecture to Niigata Prefecture
Ms. Oga learned of the dangers of nuclear power after the Chernobyl disaster and became involved in the movement against...
Testimonials Konno Sumio, who evacuated from Namie Town in Fukushima Prefecture
“Almost no one is coming back to this district anymore,” says Mr. Konno standing in front of his former house, located a...
Testimonials Mr Sugeno Seiji, farming organically in Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture
Mr Sugeno had farmed organically for over 30 years, placing great value on face-to-face connections directly with consum...
Testimonials The story of a mother returning to Fukushima, after several years in evacuation with her children
Soon after giving birth to her second child in 2011, this mother evacuated with her two young children to Kansai in western Japan. Yet, their life in evacuation was also full of struggles, including housing conditions and thoughtless comments from those around them.
Testimonials Fishermen in Fukushima
"From now, our worry is the problems for successors. If an unexpected fish (*an unexpectedly polluted fish) is found in ...
Testimonials Mizue Kanno, Evacuee
Tsushima in Namie Town, Fukushima, where her home was, is even now designated as a "difficult to return" area. Three day...
Testimonials Kenichi Hasegawa, Former Dairy Farmer,
"The nuclear plant took everything..." Maeta district of Iitate Village, where temporary storage of contaminated soil still stands out. Mr. Hasagawa, a local leader at the time of the disaster, said, "We are just in the way of the Olympics. In the end, the radiation affected places like us are just in the way.