Put on a Happy Face – Japan Speaking Tour Series No. 4

Before speaking to audiences in Sendai, Japan, where restart of atomic power coincided with a volcanic eruption a mere 31-miles away, Chief Engineer Arnie Gundersen talks with the Fairewinds Crew about the current lives of Japanese people affected by the meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi. Stories shared include women stigmatized as ‘traitors’ for removing their children from the Fukushima Prefecture, doctors put out of business for diagnosing radiation sickness, and the conflicting pressure by the government for evacuees to reunite with family within the Fukushima Prefecture and make Fukushima a home again. Frightened, homeless, and confused, those displaced by the atomic meltdown are encouraged by the Abe regime to simply smile – “the cure for radiation is a smile.”

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Put on a Happy Face – Japan Speaking Tour Series No. 4 is an episode from Fairewinds Energy Education Podcast by Fairewinds Energy Education.

This episode is 12:58 long.

This episode was published on Mar 3, 2016.

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