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'Never forget' is for something that’s over and done with,
however the nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi is far from over.
It has cast its shadow over Japan and its citizens for the past ten years,
and will taint the country for many years to come.
This isn’t a story set in a distant land, it’s real and could happen to you.
As the crisis unfolds, we should all still be taking notice.
It’s time to look closer.
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Mizue Kanno, an evacuee, has had to leave behind her former life in the heavily contaminated area of Namie, and warns further nuclear disasters will happen.
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Norio Kimura, from Okuma, believes the nuclear accident halted the search for his missing family.
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Tatsuko Okawara showed resilience, rebuilding her organic farming business in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster.
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Mari Suzuki began a Fukushima-based theatre group to use drama as a tool to raise awareness of issues facing the public.
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Akiko Morimatsu, a mother from Koriyama, has been fighting for the human rights of evacuees.
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Haruo Ono, from a family of fishermen, fears for the future of his industry due to the nuclear contamination of the Fukushima sea.
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Kaori Suzuki, assisted by mothers in Fukushima, launched a nuclear radiation detection laboratory.
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Ruiko Muto, long time anti-nuclear activist, has brought a civil court case against TEPCO, owners of Fukushima Daiichi.
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Minoru Ikeda took a job as a radiation decontamination worker to help the area and people, but was shocked at the low safety standards for the work crews.
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Kenta Sato, a young, active member of his community, was elected to his village council in order to rejuvenate it and lead the rebuilding of the heavily contaminated Iitate village.
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Mai Suzuki, Radiation Protection Advisor, has been recording nuclear radiation data from Fukushima since the disaster.
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Toru Anzai, an Iitate villager, had to abandon and demolish his family home in the town that he loved and which has changed forever.
Opening photos:
© Greenpeace / Robert Knoth, Christian Åslund