After watching the video, I still find it mind boggling the Japanese government still plans to hold the Olympic baseball and softball events in Fukushima in July. I can’t see how they can do so safely without providing protective clothing and masks for all the athletes and spectators.
Back to Fukushima
RT (Dec 2019)
Film Review
I don’t get it. Why doesn’t Japan cancel the Olympics? The Coronavirus gives them the perfect excuse to do so, without losing face over the ongoing disaster at Fukushima.
This eerie documentary follows a half dozen or so elderly Fukushima residents as they return home. The Japanese government is slowly reopening decontaminated* areas as “safe” for returning residents.
Most returnees carry hand held Geiger counters, and there are ubiquitous digital road signs that display ambient radiation levels (in microsieverts).
It’s primarily elderly retired residents who are returning, given there are no schools or work opportunities in Fukushima. The government has reassured returnees that the elderly are more “resistant” to radiation, as most radiation-related cancers take decades to develop.
The government has built a 50 unit public housing facility, of which 30 units have been occupied. Most returning residents have been warned to…
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The Most Revolutionary Act 
Mind boggling indeed . . .
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I hear lots of stories about athletes preparing for the Olympics, Aunty, and feel really sorry for them. I don’t think they have any idea about the high radiation levels there – even Tokyo has high radiation levels some days.
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Maybe Akira will awaken and we won’t have to worry about it because there’ll be a gaping hole where the olympic village will be instead. Hmm…
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Could definitely be a blessing, TheChattyIntrovert. As the coronavirus pandemic may be.
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