August 16, 2018

Dr. Norma Field, professor emeritus of Japanese Studies at the University of Chicago, and Dr. Yuki Miyamoto, ethicist and professor of Religious Studies at DePaul University are interviewed by Jerome McDonnell on his “Worldview” program, on WBEZ-FM 91.5 public radio Chicago.

The Japanese Government has been engaged in a program to dismantle ongoing radiation monitors in the Fukushima Zone, while relocating former residents back into areas which still show signs of contamination.  Activities such as these are preparatory for assuring the world that Japan’s nuclear contamination is nothing to worry about at the upcoming Olympics – although both Olympic baseball and softball games are to be played in Fukushima.

The 16-minute Worldview segment can be heard on the “Worldview” page on WBEZ’s website.

In other Fukushima news, the Japanese utility TEPCo has also announced its intention to release all of the tritium contaminated water it currently stores onsite awaiting decontamination treatment, into the Pacific Ocean.  Japanese activist organizations are circulating a worldwide letter/petition directed at the Japanese Government to prohibit this ocean dumping and contamination.