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One Year After the Meltdown
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Asami Girls
Organic farmer Asami’s wife and daughters evacuated in March 2011 from Aizu, 130 km west of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Asami only saw his daughters a few times last year. In the...
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Return to Shikisaisai
Hiroaki Yoshida had his rice tested at several labs. None of it showed any detectible radiation. Despite testing clean, Yoshida struggles to find new customers for rice grown on the southern outskirts...
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One Year Anniversary Memorial for Higashi Nihon Earthquake
AQ SIFE presents a One Year Anniversary Memorial for Higashi Nihon Earthquake. Featuring a screening at 5pm of preview footage from Uncanny Terrain, an exhibition of photos from the disaster, and...
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Saitos 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...
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Seeking volunteer/intern translators
We’re looking for volunteers and interns to translate Japanese audio files into English transcripts. Please contact us if you can help.
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“Still ‘Praying for Japan’— ‘Uncanny Terrain’ explores impact of 3/11 on...
Ten Thousand Things From Kyoto: “This film is a must for all who are continuing to ‘pray for Japan’ — for all who support the safety of Japanese people and animals, the recovery of Tohoku, and the...
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We return to Fukushima to cover farmer’s campaign for mayor
Akihiro Asami left his life as a city salaryman to raise his family on a self-sustaining organic farm in the mountains of Kitakata, on the western outskirts of Fukushima prefecture. When the Fukushima...
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Ten Thousand Things: Still Praying for Tohoku
Organic farmer and darkhorse mayoral candidate Asami Akihiro canvasses the mountain villages that ring Kitakata City. Ten Thousand Things from Kyoto writes: “Uncanny Terrain follows mayoral candidacy...
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