Can’t sell rice, but has to grow it anyway
Takahashi was banned from selling rice grown on his land in Nishigo Village, Nishishirakawa-gun, Fukushima, due to soil contamination from the nuclear disaster. But he was also told that to receive...
View ArticleFukushima 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...
View ArticleHiroshima, Soma, Nihonmatsu and Fukushima City
On Aug. 6 we attended the 66th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack in Hiroshima, with Yuji Ohashi, a Fukushima City bread company owner who is committed to rebuilding Fukushima in the face...
View ArticleRemembering Hiroshima bombing after Fukushima disaster
On Aug. 6 we attended the 66th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack in Hiroshima, with Yuji Ohashi, a Fukushima City bread company owner who is committed to rebuilding Fukushima in the face...
View ArticleFukushima 1 Year After the Meltdown
Fukushima farmers’ rice harvest sits in stockpiles, mostly unsold after radioactive cesium was detected in samples in and outside of the prefecture. Unable to sell their rice, Fukushima organic...
View ArticleWhy we’re making Uncanny Terrain
Filmmakers Junko Kajino and Ed M. Koziarski talk about making the documentary Uncanny Terrain, about organic farmers facing Japan’s nuclear crisis. http://tinyurl.com/uncannyterrain
View ArticleEating Fukushima
by Ed M. Koziarski North Avenue Magazine Jan. 28, 2012 When does a victim become a perpetrator? That’s the question that kept coming up as we made our way across the irradiated landscape. Many...
View ArticleOne Year After the Meltdown
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View ArticleSaitos spread zeolite
Father and son Saito powder their rice field with government-mandated zeolite. It’s intended to fix cesium in the soil to reduce absorption by crops, but some question its effectiveness and health...
View ArticleCinema Jam: “Uncanny Terrain: The Documentary About the Devastation of...
Marija Makeska interviews filmmakers Junko Kajino and Ed M. Koziarski in Cinema Jam: Junko: “Just like most of the Japanese people, I was always afraid of radiation from our history of atomic bombs in...
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