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July 3, 2011July 3, 2011

Yoshizawa defies government order to kill his 300 irradiated cows: Video

Yoshizawa’s ranch is 14km downwind from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The government ordered him to kill his 300 cows. Most of his neighbors’ animals are gone, but some have been released and joined his herd. Yoshizawa refuses to kill his cows. He wants them to be studied for the effects of radiation.

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July 2, 2011July 2, 2011

Fukushima City Nuclear Protest Video

People from across Japan gather in Fukushima City on 6/26/11 to protest the ongoing danger of nuclear power and to call for accountability in the nuclear disaster.

Ruiko Mutou of the Fukushima Network Against Nuclear Power has been opposing the plants since the Chernobyl disaster.

Sachiko Soto of the Fukushima Network to Protect Children From Radiation says that families need support to evacuate children, who are most at risk from radiation.

A representative of the Tokyo Association to Protect the Victims of TEPCO says that Tokyo must take responsibility for the nuclear crisis.

One woman calls on the skeptical crowd to trust their fate to God.

And a 25-year old farmer in western Fukushima chooses to stay and do what she can to help rather than return home to Nagano.

June 28, 2011July 2, 2011

Fukushima City Nuclear Protest Photo Gallery

Since the Chernobyl disaster, Ruiko Mutou of the Fukushima Anti-Nuclear Network has been campaigning to get the plants in the prefecture shut down.
This woman told the crowd that God created nuclear power and don't worry, he'd take care of them. She was quickly separated from the mic.
He says people in Tokyo need to take responsibility for consuming the electricity produced by the nuclear power plants in Fukushima.