Fukushima: Coverup, Lies and Japan's Nuke Dictatorship

by rahnuma ahmed

Demonstrators during a protest outside the Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO)?headquarters in Tokyo, on Aug. 2, 2011, against the nuclear accident at the?Fukushima Daiichi. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images)

I must write about Fukushima — I’ve been telling myself repeatedly for over a year.
The 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s north-eastern coast on March 11, 2011. A tsunami followed soon after, sweeping away cars, ships and buildings, crushing coastal communities. An estimated 15,800 people died; a three thousand still missing.
The Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant was affected. How badly, and what this has meant for Japan, and, for the rest of the world, is still being debated. But not in the mainstream media any longer, activists allege. Continue reading “Fukushima: Coverup, Lies and Japan's Nuke Dictatorship”