The irradiated

Published in NZZ am Sonntag, 27.3.2016

The nuclear catastrophe of Fukushima forced hundreds of thousands to leave their homes, but those who resettled could not simply continue with their lives elsewhere. Many face the “nuclear stigma”(hibakusha), a term coined from the atomic bomb survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after 1945. Now once again, affected persons from Fukushima are hiding their identities or are side lined in social life. For this feature story, I travelled through the country to find “new hibakusha” who would rather not be found.

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© KYODO / MAXPPP / KEYSTONE / NZZ AM SONNTAG

The nuclear catastrophe of Fukushima forced hundreds of thousands to leave their homes, but those who resettled could not simply continue with their lives elsewhere. Many face the “nuclear stigma”(hibakusha), a term coined from the atomic bomb survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after 1945. Now once again, affected persons from Fukushima are hiding their identities or are side lined in social life. For this feature story, I travelled through the country to find “new hibakusha” who would rather not be found.

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