Fukushima village on way to becoming ghost town

AsahinaKimi

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Fri May-13-11 03:46 AM
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Fukushima village on way to becoming ghost town

Stony silence: Residents who were forced to evacuate from their homes in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, listen to Norio Tsuzumi, executive vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speak about the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant April 30. KYODO PHOTO

"We've heard five, maybe 10 years, but some say that's far too optimistic," he said, crying. "Maybe I'll be able to come home to die."

IITATE, Fukushima Pref. — Sleepy, idyllic and dangerously irradiated, the village of Iitate is preparing to evacuate.

The junior high school is closed, its children bused every day to nearby towns. Tractors sit idle, and weeds poke through rice and cabbage in the fields. Half-empty shelves greet customers at the A-Coop supermarket.

By the end of the month, this mountainous farming village of 7,000 people in Fukushima Prefecture, recently voted one of Japan's most beautiful places, will join the Ukrainian ghost town of Pripyat on the planet's short list of nuclear casualties.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110513f1.html

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Art_from_Ark

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Fri May-13-11 03:50 AM
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1. Sugoi kanashi-banashi

Sonmintachi ga kawaisou :cry:

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Hannah Bell

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Fri May-13-11 03:53 AM
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2. kr

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MineralMan

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Fri May-13-11 08:29 AM
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3. Watashi wa Nippon no tame ni naku.

If that's not correct, blame Google. I cry for Japan.

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Generic Other

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Fri May-13-11 08:32 AM
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4. And no indication of an end in sight!

This is heartbreaking, no?

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Javaman

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Fri May-13-11 08:54 AM
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5. Thank you so much in keeping us updated and informed.

Much of this has gone completely unreported here in the states. And the only updates we seem to get from the media is (while very important but not the only story) about the nuclear reactors.

Cheers and peace to you.

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Bonobo

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Fri May-13-11 08:56 AM
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6. Ki no doku. Naku shika nai... nt

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Fri May-13-11 01:49 PM
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7. K/R -- They should get the children out of there --

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