Fukushima facts with Noam Chomsky and the Fukushima Trial Team -New!

It is most disturbing — in fact shocking — to learn that hundreds of thousands of children remain in areas heavily affected by the Fukushima disaster, and doubtless at serious risk. There can surely be no justification for the failure to evacuate them to safety, without delay. I hope that their actions will bring an end to this cruel policy, which needlessly compounds a terrible catastrophe.

Noam Chomsky

Mothers in Fukushima talks about their living condition referring to the safety standards for the food contamination

01-10February2013

Testimonies of the mothers in Fukushima filmed by the Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial Team. In the video, one of the mothers highlights the fact that regulatory standard for the food in the school meals at the primary schools in Koriyama City, Fukushima is 10 Bq/kg while the standard at the cafeteria of the offices of the Fukushima local government is 1 Bq/kg, suggesting that the government could sacrifice the health of children by lifting the safety standard higher than normal levels. In so doing, The government officials seem to believe that the promotion of the local consumption of food at the primary schools would make the impact of radioactive contamination in the community look smaller.

Also, the way in which this video presents the statements of the mothers by changing their voices and hiding their faces implies the mothers’ fears of being blamed by their neighbours or other members of their community when they speak out the truth in the public.

The Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial Team

Source

http://www.save-children-from-radiation.org/2013/02/05/mothers-in-fukushima-talks-about-their-living-condition-referring-to-the-safety-standards-for-the-food-contamination/

Fukushima Children Enjoys Koto Performance on Recuperation Nursery Day

01-10February2013 · Tangara

Takenoko Nursury Schoo in Fukushima have long undertaken Recuperation Nursury Day twice in a month, which provides the children with an opportunity to play in the low radiation field by taking them to the Yamagata Prececture, next to Fukushima, with an hour and half bus trip. The school bus was donated by Fukushima Network for Saving Children from Radiation.

On a day in February, the children and staff of Takenoko cooked potetos with skin. We ate them with Miso paste. The special event for the day was a Koto performance. The tutor of Koto joins our Recuperation Nursury Day every year as a volunteer. After listening to the music played by the tutor, children also had a chance to play Koto. Some children learnt how to play Sakura, which is a Japanese traditional tune. The children seem to have had a briliant experience then. Before we left, we shared the vegetables with the parents. These vegetables are donated from the farmers in the West part of Japan and deliverd to us regularly.

Taeko Henmi

Fukushima Network for Saving Children from Radiation

Rest and Recuperation Department

Source

http://www.save-children-from-radiation.org/2013/02/09/fukushima-children-enjoys-koto-performance-on-recuperation-nursery-day/

Fukushima Children Enjoys Playing with the Snow on Recuperation Nursery Day

01-10February2013 · Tangara

On February 7, the children of Takenoko Nursury School took part in the Recuperation Nursury Day in Yamagata Prefecture, next to Fukushima. This day, children had an opportunity to play outside in the piled snow. The children seemed to be excited more than usual because it had been a long time since the last time they played in the snow. Some kids were already excited on the way to Yamagata.The bus was donated by Fukushima Network for Saving Children from Radiation.

During the playtime, children played with snow in various different ways. Some rode in a sledge, some built a snow house and others made a snow statue. The mothers who came with their children also helped them to make a gorgeous tiny room of snow. The older children from high schools were making an elaborate snow statue. They were all excellent!

At the lunch time, we had a miso soup made with the vegetables donated by the farmers who regularly support us with their products delivered from the West Japan. At last, we felt the time passing really quickly and it was already the time to go home. On the way home, children were sleeping on the bus.

All day long, I was thinking that these children did not seem to be used to play with the snow. They do not tend to play actively, but rather behave quietly. It may be because they are too used to play inside quietly due to the health concerns of radioactive exposure. It is a difficult moment for us to acknowledge that these children do not like creating their own way to play with the snow. We instead would like children to learn more from the wild nature of winter when they take part in Recuperation Nursury Day.

Taeko Henmi

Fukushima Network for Saving Children from Radiation

Rest and Recuperation Department

Source

http://www.save-children-from-radiation.org/2013/02/10/fukushima-children-enjoys-playing-with-the-snow-on-recuperation-nursery-day/

Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial Team Recieves a Message from Noam Chomsky

11-20February2013

As the Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial Team is going to have a demonstration on February 23 in Shinjuku Tokyo, the team recieved a message from Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author.

The following is the Chomsky’s message given to the Trial Team:

It is most disturbing — in fact shocking — to learn that hundreds of thousands of children remain in areas heavily affected by the Fukushima disaster, and doubtless at serious risk. There can surely be no justification for the failure to evacuate them to safety, without delay. I hope that their actions will bring an end to this cruel policy, which needlessly compounds a terrible catastrophe.

Noam Chomsky

Source

http://www.save-children-from-radiation.org/2013/02/11/fukushima-collective-evacuation-trial-team-recieves-a-message-from-noam-chomsky/