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Living with Fear in Fukushima

Residents of Fukushima Prefecture wonder if it’s safe to resume their lives

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Living with Fear in Fukushima
Photo: Eliza Strickland

Photo: Eliza Strickland
Tree by Tree: This pear farm in Fukushima Prefecture lies well outside the evacuation zone, but the farmer still couldn’t sell her produce after the accident. She cooperated with the government on a decontamination project: Workers removed the topsoil, while the farmer and her family scraped the outer layer of bark off each tree to remove radioactive particles.
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