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The Pros And Cons Of Fukushima
The Great East Japan Earthquake happened on March 11th, 2011. At the same time the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant lost its emergency power. The earthquake and tsunami were natural disasters, but the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant can be considered as a man-made catastrophe. Thousands of evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture have been in chaos, not knowing when they can go back to the home and live there without fear of radiation exposure. After March 11th, many of them sued the Japanese government and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to the court, and more than 20 lawsuits have been filed. Evacuees from Fukushima ask them. “Are we, Japanese peoples ?”. The nuclear accident in Fukushima is human rights

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