Feb. 14, 2012
Japan Times Opinion
Translated article from Sentaku magazine
Almost a year after the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant following the March 11, earthquake and tsunami, one serious question remains: to what extent have residents in the vicinity of the plant been exposed to radiation?
As recently as January, it was reported that a new condominium had been constructed with materials containing a high concentration of radioactive cesium, affecting those living there. This was the latest piece of evidence testifying to the degree of radioactive contamination caused by the nuclear crisis.
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It is imperative that incompetent and dilatory bureaucrats within the prefectural and municipal governments be removed so that a medical system that contributes to the protection of the health of local residents is established. The entire country must support medical services for citizens of Fukushima Prefecture.
Nothing would constitute a more serious “man-made calamity” than destroying the future of children through the egotistic games of grown-ups.