{"id":1545,"date":"2011-09-05T10:17:34","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T01:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/risetogetherjp.org\/?p=1545"},"modified":"2012-03-18T10:23:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-18T01:23:27","slug":"my-thoughts-now-six-months-passed-since-the-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risetogetherjp.org\/?p=1545","title":{"rendered":"My Thoughts Now \u2013 Six Months Passed since the Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been half a year, come to think of it.<\/p>\n

Fukushima still suffers from the massive scars inflicted by the earthquake, tsunami and radiation. Today, many people live one day at a time with both hopes for future and concerns weighing heavily on their shoulders.<\/p>\n

Even after six months, the fear lingers in our hearts: We don\u2019t know how much the invisible radiation is harming our health and environment. We may not put it in words, but it\u2019s there with us, day and night.
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\n\u201cIs it unwise to continue to live here?\u201d
\n\u201cThese vegetables, meat and rice\u2026can we eat them? Is it all right to feed our children?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The district that I live in is not designated as an evacuation zone. But even as autumn approaches, no bugs are seen around the street lamps at night. Tiny insects and moths come near the light trap and cause electric buzz at this time of the year, but not this year. Quite a number of small birds have also disappeared.<\/p>\n

Mothers and children who evacuated from Fukushima cannot set aside their apprehension and bewilderment. Even though they probably made the right decision to evacuate, they constantly question themselves. \u201cShould we go back or should we stay out here for awhile, or yet should we completely move out of Fukushima?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Japanese government, Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the highly-regarded scholars\u2026they all say that the water, the air and the food are \u201csafe because the radiation level does not exceed the standards.\u201d If that is true, I\u2019d like to ask them to please move and live in Fukushima. Please hold all your conferences in front of the nuclear power plant. Bring all your family members and relatives, too, and together live with us and eat the crops grown on this land.<\/p>\n

Only then would I like them to<\/p>\n

say that everything is safe. It is easy to pollute and to destroy, but it is very hard to restore what is already lost.<\/p>\n

I just hope from the bottom of my heart that we can all live in peace and resume our routine lives filled with our children\u2019s laughter any day now.<\/p>\n

Chie Kokubun
\nSingle Mothers\u2019 Forum Fukushima<\/p>\n

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