Part of channel(s): 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami (current event)Mikio Watanabe’s Fukushima home is contaminated with radiation and filled with the nightmares of his wife’s horrific suicide.
“I can still see it,” says the 62-year old, the tears welling in his eyes.
What he sees is Hamako, his wife of 58 years, on fire and scorched.
The 58-year-old doused herself in kerosene and set herself on fire last July after slipping into an overwhelming depression.
As evacuees from last year’s Fukushima nuclear disaster, Mikio and Hamako lost everything: their home, their jobs, and any hope for the future.
“If there was no nuclear accident, we wouldn’t have gone through this terrible thing,” he says. “This is TEPCO’s fault.”
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Watanabe’s lawsuit seeks to elevate his wife’s suicide beyond the horror tale whispered among evacuees. “Watanabe’s case is very symbolic,” says his attorney Tsugio Hirota.
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“I feel an unspeakable rage,” says Watanabe. “If I don’t do something, my wife is just another suicide case.”
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By: kauan
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Tags: Japan, Fukushima, Tsunami, Earthquake, Daiichi, Power, Plant, TEPCO, Nuclear, Disaster, Reactor, Meltdown, Cesium, Plutonium, Uranium, USA, California
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So how cheap is nuclear electric power again?...
...how long those spend rods had to be store >??
...what happen with the nuclear central when pass their life time of use...how much cost to shut it down and safely demolished???
lo barato cuesta caro...nothing else to say
Posted Jun-21-2012 Byyaleoo (761.78) 
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@Hazel_Nut I would think that solar energy would be the cleanest and safest...
Posted Jun-21-2012 Byeye_of_the_beholder (57.20) 
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@Hazel_Nut like chernobyl ? was it far enough ?
Posted Jun-21-2012 ByOthman (285.54) 
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@eye_of_the_beholder he forgot cheapest.
Posted Jun-21-2012 ByOthman (285.54) 
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Sad....What I can't understand is killing yourself through self immolation....That has to be the worst way to die known to man....
Posted Jun-21-2012 ByKillroyTheSlotracer (77.50) 
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@KillroyTheSlotracer it is part of our ancient culture.
Posted Jun-21-2012 BySekai (84.20) 
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@Sekai The Japanese culture is fascinating....Self discipline must be mandatory for completing such an act....
Posted Jun-21-2012 ByKillroyTheSlotracer (77.50) 
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@Sekai I thought a sword through the stomach was the Japanese was to go
Posted Jun-21-2012 Bycremation (215.54) 
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@cremation
It was about 500 years ago...
Posted Jun-21-2012 Byright2carry (347.50) 
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@cremation Some kill themselves by burning a charcoal grill in their car or hanging. Japan has one of the highest suicide rates. But there's nothing honorable about killing yourself.
Posted Jun-21-2012 Byjourneyman083 (137.20) journeyman083 View Channel Send Message
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I assumed suicides in Japan were pretty common even before the tsunami.
Posted Jun-21-2012 Byeye_of_the_beholder (57.20) 
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@eye_of_the_beholder yes suicide is common, older people do have a higher rate of suicide. mainly job lifers, working 40 years for a company and if a company goes under or they are fired or let go.....nobody wants to hire a older person who cant invest and be a long time member of the company. with no hope anyone can lose it.
Posted Jun-21-2012 Bynowhereman1 (464.82) 
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sad, sad, sad
Posted Jun-21-2012 Byxiam (689.78) 
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they have a beautiful home, not a cookie cutter, i feel so bad for the man, and that she took her life R.I.P.
cnn was wrong on one part though it wasnt a true meltdown as the containment vessel wasnt breached to the outside, if that had happpened half of japan would have been fallout 3. what happened was hydrogen built up blew the building outer housing.
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@nowhereman1 But radiation has poisoned the land. It's spread by the rain. Farmers are having trouble, apartments far away are contaminated. It is a real threat and people are still ignoring it. No one wants to care unless it personally affects them. It's like ignoring the trash in your area until it's at your door step.
Posted Jun-21-2012 Byjourneyman083 (137.20) journeyman083 View Channel Send Message
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@journeyman083
As a west coaster I'm familiar with Japan's radioactive trash.
Posted Jun-21-2012 ByRob8729 (835.42) 
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@Rob8729 Yeah I read about that. I'm close to the East Coast but from what I understand the radiation can be carried by the rain over the entire country. Sucks man.
Posted Jun-21-2012 Byjourneyman083 (137.20) journeyman083 View Channel Send Message
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There's no radiation problem. Everything is fine. This man is lying. Wait, no he's not. There is a radiation problem and anyone that's been paying attention knows that. Yet I have read on here and on other sites people saying there's no radiation problem. If you say there's no problem with radiation in Japan from Fukushima you are a liar and you disgust me.
Posted Jun-21-2012 Byjourneyman083 (137.20) journeyman083 View Channel Send Message
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Yeah, fuck blaming allah.
Posted Jun-21-2012 ByLickMyDuck (540.40) 
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". . .His wife of nearly 40 years. . . ON FIRE."
A+ reporting
Posted Jun-21-2012 ByMyNameIsMuddd (335.40) 
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how very sad , and what a truly awesome home
Posted Jun-21-2012 Bykiska (988.66) 
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Very sorry.
Govt. or power company should have compensated this couple for their home.
Posted Jun-21-2012 Bydelta1david (3.20) 
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Move from there or kill yourself. That's all and that's sad.
Posted Jun-21-2012 ByLolling (260.40) 
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i like the sound of crunchy driveways
Posted Jun-21-2012 Bydirtygranny (65.80) 
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That's a shame about the woman who croaked herself. The lawsuit is still bs.
Posted Jun-21-2012 Byjohn1054 (5115.34) 
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