Sunday, October 06, 2013 9:42:54 PM
Desolation .. human suffering .. corporate/government negligence and inadequacy .. 12 of 40 tragic Fukishima photos ..
5 A swimming pool of a primary school in the tsunami-destroyed coastal area of the town of Namie, on September 22, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
8 A small monument to victims sits in front of an abandoned house near the coastline of of Namie, on September 22, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
11 Inside a damaged primary school near the coast of Namie town, on September 22, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
12 Nature begins to reclaim the streets of the evacuated town of Futaba in Fukushima prefecture, on September 22, 2013. Decades ago, the citizens of Japan's Futaba town took such pride in hosting part of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex that they built a sign over a promenade proclaiming that atomic power made their town prosperous. Now, they are scattered around Japan with no clear sign of when they might return to their homes. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
14 A woman leans against the damaged grave of her relative as she visits the cemetery in the tsunami-destroyed coastal area of Namie town, on September 23, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
19 Keigo Sakamoto, 58, holds Atom, one of his 21 dogs and over 500 animals he keeps at his home in the exclusion zone near Naraha, on September 17, 2013. Sakamoto, a former caregiver and farmer who refused to leave the exclusion zone around the crippled Daiichi nuclear power plant decided to name his dog Atom because it was born just before the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster. With donations and support from outside Fukushima, Sakamoto lives with his animals of which many were abandoned by previous owners as they left the exclusion zone. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
20 Firefighters from Kyoto pay respect to victims as they visit the coastal area of the evacuated town of Namie, on September 15, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
23 Mieko Okubo, 59, poses with a portrait of her father-in-law Fumio Okubo next to his jacket in his room where he committed suicide in the evacuated town of Iitate, on September 18, 2013. Mieko, who lives outside the exclusion zone, comes back every other day to feed Fumio's dog and clean the house. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
35 Rubber gloves, left outside a house in the evacuated town of Namie, on September 13, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
37 People wear face masks as they visit a cemetery in the tsunami-destroyed coastal area of Namie, on September 23, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
38 An official measures radiation on a car leaving the exclusion zone near the tsunami-crippled Daiichi nuclear power plant, near the town of Tomioka, on September 13, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj) #
40 A doctor conducts a thyroid examination on four-year-old Maria Sakamoto, brought by her mother to the office of Iwaki Radiation Citizen Center NPO, in Iwaki town, south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, on September 18, 2013. The non-profit organization offers free thyroid examination for children from Fukushima area. As the World Health Organization (WHO) says children in Fukushima may have a higher risk of developing thyroid cancer after the Daiichi nuclear disaster, mothers in Fukushima worry that local health authorities are not doing enough. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
5 A swimming pool of a primary school in the tsunami-destroyed coastal area of the town of Namie, on September 22, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
8 A small monument to victims sits in front of an abandoned house near the coastline of of Namie, on September 22, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
11 Inside a damaged primary school near the coast of Namie town, on September 22, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
12 Nature begins to reclaim the streets of the evacuated town of Futaba in Fukushima prefecture, on September 22, 2013. Decades ago, the citizens of Japan's Futaba town took such pride in hosting part of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex that they built a sign over a promenade proclaiming that atomic power made their town prosperous. Now, they are scattered around Japan with no clear sign of when they might return to their homes. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
14 A woman leans against the damaged grave of her relative as she visits the cemetery in the tsunami-destroyed coastal area of Namie town, on September 23, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
19 Keigo Sakamoto, 58, holds Atom, one of his 21 dogs and over 500 animals he keeps at his home in the exclusion zone near Naraha, on September 17, 2013. Sakamoto, a former caregiver and farmer who refused to leave the exclusion zone around the crippled Daiichi nuclear power plant decided to name his dog Atom because it was born just before the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster. With donations and support from outside Fukushima, Sakamoto lives with his animals of which many were abandoned by previous owners as they left the exclusion zone. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
20 Firefighters from Kyoto pay respect to victims as they visit the coastal area of the evacuated town of Namie, on September 15, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
23 Mieko Okubo, 59, poses with a portrait of her father-in-law Fumio Okubo next to his jacket in his room where he committed suicide in the evacuated town of Iitate, on September 18, 2013. Mieko, who lives outside the exclusion zone, comes back every other day to feed Fumio's dog and clean the house. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
35 Rubber gloves, left outside a house in the evacuated town of Namie, on September 13, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
37 People wear face masks as they visit a cemetery in the tsunami-destroyed coastal area of Namie, on September 23, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
38 An official measures radiation on a car leaving the exclusion zone near the tsunami-crippled Daiichi nuclear power plant, near the town of Tomioka, on September 13, 2013. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj) #
40 A doctor conducts a thyroid examination on four-year-old Maria Sakamoto, brought by her mother to the office of Iwaki Radiation Citizen Center NPO, in Iwaki town, south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, on September 18, 2013. The non-profit organization offers free thyroid examination for children from Fukushima area. As the World Health Organization (WHO) says children in Fukushima may have a higher risk of developing thyroid cancer after the Daiichi nuclear disaster, mothers in Fukushima worry that local health authorities are not doing enough. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
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