Returning to Fukushima | Explorer

The Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant in Fukushima suffered a meltdown in 2011. Now, Japan has a plan for residents to return to the area.
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Returning to Fukushima | Explorer
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[@NatGeo]

The Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant spewed radiation across dozens of towns, triggering a 12-mile evacuation zone. What are your thoughts on Japan encouraging people to move back?

[@davidtate166]

I dont think its that safe yet needs more clean up and testing.cesium 127 i think.causes bone cancer.

[@filthyfacts5100]

I guess they should double check once more.

[@kk582sos9]

It is unsafe to move back, Japan Government is crazy to encourage people go there. Most guys don't believe the Government anymore !

[@kk582sos9]

@@Xiaotian_Guan The reason is to recover the economy of the region. The agriculture and fishing section need more human resources. But the Government sacrifice the health of the people, it is evil !

[@ginadelsasso288]

Its unsafe....no one should move back. Unless they concrete over the plant it will continue to be unsafe and continue to emit radiation. Clean up is useless until they do this.

[@muuuwuu]

"we have to be careful where we step there's all these radioactive dust" *continues to breathe in said dust without a mask on*

[@whiteboysixty5]

I'm saying!!

[@jhoward7010]

As soon as I saw that stupid girl without a full hazmat suit and respirator that's what I thought. Hope she's already had her children and does not plan on more. Fukushima is the 4 horseman of the apocalypse.

[@CriticalRoleHighlights]

The media in a nutshell. It's all about manufacturing a story no matter how thin it is, and you just poked a massive hole through it.

[@sirus804]

Fukushima isn't really THAT radioactive. Wearing a full hazmat suit is overkill. Watch Veritasium's video on radiation where he goes to the most radioactive sites.

[@jhoward7010]

@@sirus804 she will pay for it eventually with a painful cancerous dragged out slow death. And or with deformed children. West Coast USA people are breathing in 10 to 20 hot particles a day.

[@mopardemon1971]

that school looks way cleaner than most of the hospitals in my city.

[@rafaellucero5098]

The students clean their rooms and corridors themselves....yes their schools are way cleaner than some of our hospitals too

[@withastickangrywhiteman2822]

which city? let me guess... LA of California?

[@murc111]

That's because Japanese people are a very clean people, hygiene is a top priority.

[@thisislivininjapan]

in comparison, the hospital in my town is much like a 5 star hotel. and yes, the schools here are very clean. the students take great pride in education. there are no custodians. it's the students and parents who clean the schools and school grounds.

[@gardenjoy5223]

Jose A., And yet, you cannot see the danger lingering in the air. I bet it is about as save as cleaning the toilet with the tooth brush, you will use that night.

[@dandy_dan4768]

Fukushima: Meltdown. Anatoly Dyatlov: I’ve seen worse.

[@karanjoshi2662]

You mean he has done worse!

[@dandy_dan4768]

Karan Joshi that was slick.

[@ashuzzz151]

This is hilarious

[@cyancarl3561]

Fukushima nuclear leakage process 1. The cut-corners levees caused seawater to rush into the nuclear power plant and destroyed many facilities. 2. Nuclear power plants have a lot of problems with spare equipment because of saving money, and the lack of emergency plan training for employees to save money is a direct tragedy. 3: When the Japanese fire brigade arrived, it was found that the standby equipment was damaged by the tsunami and could not be rescued. 4: Dongdian concealed the news, and the US and Japanese troops began to March into Fukushima rescue 5: In order to save money, Dongdian will not let seawater enter the nuclear power plant to cool down, because seawater corrosion will directly scrap the nuclear power plant, and finally the nuclear power plant will explode due to excessive pressure such as temperature 6: The Japanese troops gave up the people and fled for their lives. The Japanese people were not as fast as the Self-Defense Forces. The US aircraft carrier also withdrew (but it was also radiated. Many people in the US Navy got cancer and went to court in Japan). Only the Japanese fire brigade rushed to rescue. 7: The Self-Defense Forces began to come back to rescue, but deserters escaped halfway and so on 8: Dongdian has been concealing the news and specific situation of the nuclear leak, and apologized after being beaten by the International Atomic Energy Agency 9: After Dongdian's apology, it continued to conceal the news and was exposed again. Then Dongdian continued to apologize and began to cycle this process 10: Japan deliberately discharged polluted seawater into the sea (since 311, nuclear wastewater has been leaked every month.

[@danadurnfordkevinblanchdebunk]

@@cyancarl3561 You forgot a few: 11. No one died from Fukushima radiation. 12. There is no dangerous radiation outside of three containment buildings. 13. There are no increase in cancers since 2011. 14, No dead or dying ocean due to radiation. 15. No one in operation Tomodachi was injured by radiation and the case was dismissed. 16. The Japanese still live longer than anyone in the world.

[@ADCFproductions]

"please don't film this part" - Films it reeeeaaally close.

[@karlinchina]

It's Hitchcockian

[@heimerdrachel6135]

Haha love how this replies didn't get the humor

[@VovveTV]

@@heimerdrachel6135 Right? :D

[@ADCFproductions]

@@heimerdrachel6135 This is what i have to deal with on a regular basis unfortunately. XD

[@Time4Technology]

I figured the guy meant the actual shooting part.

[@theclumsybrit2817]

It happened 7 years ago!!?! I remember it like it was yesterday.

[@kk582sos9]

After 7 years, the Government cannot locate and seal the radioactive elements of the nuclear industry. This is hazardous !

[@stellabar623]

Me too, it was devastating news.

[@cee_el]

8 years in just a few days ..

[@FixItStupid]

Going on eight years and never to be cleaned up I can't watch this anymore making me sick propaganda Pacific ocean and the earth will die from this just takes time

[@johnjoshuabernardino7711]

Crazy right! If I had left a week later, I would have been in the tsunami that hit Japan during 2011. Which would have caused delayed flights and such.

[@TheMightyKinkle]

This video is blocked in the UK. So I watch it in Ireland instead 😎

Really?? We are actually worried about the people who will watch the games on site during the upcoming Olympic.... I thought the UK was different from China....

[@TheMightyKinkle]

@ Hmm, Some publishers/channels are only allowed in certain areas it seems

[@TheMightyKinkle]

@@greenbit1090 Yeah, it seems to have been unlocked a few weeks ago

[@chinalove5361]

Wow.... that's sort of communist country stuff.

[@vishalgiraddi5357]

*VPN:* am i a joke to you??

[@littlediablo]

Mentions there is radioactive dust everywhere. Not even a basic respirator and gloves. Silly person.

[@mitchcard2708]

I rolled my eyes at that, for this reason alone.

[@mlc4495]

I know. Utter drivel from a once reputable documentary maker.

[@Luchingador]

the radioactive dust is heavy, is collected on the ground, you would have to kick it to the air and breathe it.

[@jhca4671]

Government has strict restrictions and rules on what protections to wear at where. She’s been exaggerating the entire time just like any other wenstern media.

[@Evil_We_Are]

"Radioactive dust and particles" yet your running around without a mask potentially breathing it in. 😂😂😂

[@geonerd]

Most of what she says is hype and B.S.

[@domjonah4329]

Dust settles and unless you kick it up or lick the dirt youre fine air remains air. The air moves around us u wont have the same air around you as u do now ever again

[@brighthottstarr]

Touching everything

[@goyange8670]

Tokyo Olympic? What a crazy world.

[@FrainBart_main]

Tokyo is less radioactive than Europe (google ''Japan radiation map'').

[@noturavgdude8262]

5:50 for a guy with one arm, he's good with that excavator.

[@bliztix2]

NoturAvg Dude I have seen better with 2 arms

[@_osvaldo___5529]

@@bliztix2 you cant read

[@Mynameischef]

@@bliztix2 seen better with 3

[@Mr.Rakija]

its just arrogant, lol

[@Youngsoldier93]

@@bliztix2 I've seen better with 8 arms

[@je7297]

No offense but i won't go to Japan Olympic 2020. Abe never lets people know the measure which we want to know. Even there is a stadium in Fukushima. Plus, Abe said, We will serve food for foriegner with Fukushima product during Olympics. Abe is just nuts.

[@liughetto8484]

You haven't seen the end of it

[@mickelinml]

Human never learn from the past... I hope abe eat that first before the foreigner..

[@captainkiwi77]

sideburn effect who eats it first doesn’t matter, it’ll be years before the effects are seen if the food is overly radiated

[@DearTime911]

They hide everything even their feeling to their parents

[@ashwinv3750]

there was no explosion, the radiation is just 3.6 roentgen equivalent of a chest xray.

[@quietbee6689]

Be careful with radioactivity. Especially avoid Fukushima foods.

[@박미현-b9m]

Most restaurants use Fukushima products because of the cheap price.

[@johnstockson2218]

We cannot avoid Fukushima foods when we visit japan. Because contaminated fukushima foods are everywhere in japan already.

[@nicholasbagley3707]

@quite bee I do not think you know anything about how radiation works. They would never grow anything in the no-go zone and not all of Fukushima is contaminated. I have been eating food products from fukushima since my childhood and even within the 9 years of the disaster and I have not had any problems. Maybe do more research before becoming hysterically posting lies instead of actual logic :/

[@한기-e4l]

@@nicholasbagley3707 Japan Fukushima =China Uhan Japan raidioactivity is slow but can't fix it. China's korona virus is fast but maybe can fix it.

[@danadurnfordkevinblanchdebunk]

QUITE BEE You are ignorant. Japan has very stringent testing methods (much more so than the EU or US) and the food has not been found to be a problem.

[@DTOM59483]

This video is the non alcoholic version of Vice in chernobyl.

[@acaftermath]

Paulitics EightYourSoul Lol

[@filthyfacts5100]

This is the best place to get NatGeo without a cable connection.

[@joeyv821]

Makes sense, since it is their official channel.

[@jpmallon]

i love how they use a subtitle rather than having someone to translate it and cover the voice of the person. it's much better to have subtitles than a person doing a voice over of the translation.

[@kimikim3975]

Low and safe? Those mountains act as radiation reservoirs that constantly spread radiation by wind and rain... even the Soviets who were so adamant admitted the immediate threat of radiation yet Japanese government continues to self-justify their claims, which makes absolutely no sense.

[@ForbiddTV]

Yet no one has died from Fukushima radiation.

[@bluewolf37777]

I just watched a fairly recent Chernobyl video and they still have spots with high radiation. No way i would trust this place to be safe.

[@metalpuppet5798]

​@@ForbiddTV theres no proof for that. Look at the cancer rates and rates of birth defects before and after the event and you will see how horrendously wrong you are.

[@OkNoBigDeal]

All that bagged up radioactive dirt is gonna be turned into Monsanto potting soil for retail stores.

[@bardofely]

In a world where we are trying to cut down on single-plastic, here is another use for it: putting toxic soil with nuclear waste in 9 million plastic bags!

[@RNA0ROGER]

They will most likely cut the isotopes from the bags and class it as high level waste.

[@AppalachianCryptidDoge]

Coming soon to a WalMart near you :D

[@Roensmusic]

LOL but so true

[@Roensmusic]

lets not forget not so long ago monsanto joined bayer............... and the last year globally there has been an extreme push in the media for the vaccination agenda, making parents that dont want to vaccinate look like idiots.................... (but strangely most people who are against it, are high-educated)

[@최두철이]

The most dangerous Olympic Games in history will be held in Japan in 2020.

[@Bunaby]

total disaster

[@YungMelting]

Tokyo =\= Fukushima

[@Bunaby]

In Fukushima, baseball game will be played.

[@johnstockson2218]

The only and one nuclear olympic in history.

[@Null-iq5rj]

@@YungMelting but they tried to give some radioactive food from Fukushuma to their people...

[@gothakane]

I cannot help but admire the indomitable attitude of the Japanese. An outstanding culture.

[@TheFreshSpam]

Yeah its amazing what they 'show' you and what they want you to see and think right!

[@rafaellucero5098]

Yes...and the government really acts very well...i really wish our government is like them...every ounce of penny is used necessarily...

[@babygoatjuice9508]

Can't be trusted with an army

[@gardenjoy5223]

TurricaN, I feel so sorry for them. Many nice people will over time develop physical problems, because they trusted authority and because they don't shy away from tough situations. Sometimes it's wiser to know where and when to stop. Before your culture kills you and your offspring.

[@Fanaz10]

@@babygoatjuice9508 more like never had an army big enough.

[@ademon-zd9bb]

still poisonous. 2020 Tokyo Olympics starts from Fukushima

[@ShakeItLittleTina]

Fukushima, the prefecture, is almost twice as big as the exclusion zone. There’s plenty of land that isn’t contaminated and there’s even full towns and villages that were never evacuated because it was safe for them to stay.

[@hiroya2869]

look at the comments, so many Koreans are misleading ppl and telling how much they hate Japan.

[@이구비-i1v]

TeaPot misleading... i think you should eat that radiotic stuff...

[@WriterNakwanjong]

Simple fact. 4 reactors in fukusima are still melting down. chernobyl = 1 reactor. Fukusima = 4 reactors still burning. And Japanese governors are planning to feed to visitors fukusima foods for saving their farmers. I do not hate Japanese, but i just hate lying.

[@ademon-zd9bb]

@@hiroya2869 make it clear. we hate Japanense goverment, not Japan. Japan and Korea are good friends for long long time. if you really want to argue with, learn about the situations between two countries

[@Ellie-qv4pu]

They say chernobyl has to be the worst nuclear meltdowns but maybe fukushima has to be the most worst nuclear meltdowns because of its effect in the last 5 years

[@ashwinv3750]

what nuclear meltdown? you're in shock, someone take him to the infirmary.

[@paulrasmussen8953]

Chernobyl is worse for it exploded. Dachi just melted down and it took a double whammy to do that while Chernobyl was design flaw

[@ashwinv3750]

@@paulrasmussen8953 chernobyl radiation was at 3,6 roentgen equivalent of a chest xray.

[@paulrasmussen8953]

@@ashwinv3750 then Dachi is far less then that

[@lola9819]

Well i am not sure which one is worse but i think problem of fukushima generation is it’s located next to Pacific. Japan announced they’re planning to throw contaminated water out in Pacific Ocean and even Japanese people are opposing this plan.

[@savagejx1]

8:00 "Oh he's dying" No sweetheart, that boar is already dead, it's just nerves reacting at this point....

[@bobryant9875]

An intellectual i see.

[@jordanvelazquez6321]

haha boar dead.

[@toximan2008]

RADIOACTIVE ATTACK BOAR: ENGAGE

[@rebeccawcleung]

Radioactive BOAR???????? The scene from Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke comes to mind......!!!!!

[@mikaelgaiason688]

Great, thanks for the reminder, now the creepy clicky swivel-head things are going to start showing up in my dreams again. lmao

[@_loss_]

We have radioactive boar in the northern half of Sweden from Chernobyl. You aren't allowed to eat them.

[@MrBurgerphone1014]

Omg i was just imagining that.

[@WOLFROY47]

politicians say that you should go and live there, but i don't see any of them moving there to live

[@_loss_]

Because they live by the capital which is where parliament is.

[@satvik1489]

That's why they are politician bro😑

[@DixieFatline]

These presenters are so horrible. Like children - stating the obvious, exagerating, so incredibly naive and jumping to conclusions. Nat Geo really is going down the drain.

[@babygoatjuice9508]

Ikr, feels like a vice media documentary

[@Toastmaster_5000]

That, and too opinionated

[@sinephase]

It's 13 minutes, get over it LOL

[@scottielambert9312]

Oh? Is it a conspiracy from the liberal media? Maybe the deep state? Maybe both? STFU, people like you are the dangerous waste that humanity should avoid.

[@Toastmaster_5000]

@@scottielambert9312 wtf are you rambling about? Might as well throw in other unrelated phrases like "Russian collusion", "alternative facts", and "feminist agenda"

[@Diapason16ft]

Funny that she gets back in the car wearing her contaminated overalls. Her reaction to the rifle shot was priceless!

[@StuartOliver83]

Diapason16ft I know lol probably eats a burger and doesn’t think twice about how it became on her dinner plate

[@StuartOliver83]

Lol I think you’re right

[@alaricvisigoth919]

Nice observation about the lies and coverup. Who do they think we all are? I've learned since very young that when people lie or coverup something, they can't hide it. "I SEE DEAD PEOPLE"

[@harshulagarwal9279]

Who's here after watching HBO's Chernobyl?

[@shounen17]

Reporting in

[@mikelegras996]

Yep, As long the CC is on.

[@mhdysyfq]

glad im not the only one

[@dct1]

Yep

[@defenderred1212]

This guy's good!

[@victortenma5512]

I wish whey show the radioactive counter readings everywhere the interviewed.

[@skuzzbunny]

If they'd said anything worth showing, they wouldn't have been there, i assume the school was typical of most of where they went.

[@baddassness7324]

All the dislikes are from Abe supporters in japan.

[@yohan1004]

Tokyo's water is still very dangerous. I don't know why people are still visiting and having fun there without thinking. Even many Japanese people are moving to Kyushu area. (Far West). Thoese areas are experiencing rapid population grows in recent years.

[@Simon-nr8di]

Suman Boss cuz he must be Japanese also Anti-Korean and Abe-supporter

[@shadowhacker27]

Nope. Koreans

[@Kay-ph6fx]

What’s Abe supporters ?

[@kylemontano228]

Soup Soup shinzo Abe, prime minister of Japan

[@lovepaul7794]

Japan: fukushima is safe. Crazy japan~@^^

[@sttak7555]

@Japanese Pride LOL

[@WriterNakwanjong]

Remember pearl harbor.

[@gh12si13]

@Japanese Pride Your profile is terrible. How can you be proud to use a war criminal flag? If German see it, German will be shocked.

[@이네이버형님]

넌 거짓말을 하고있어

[@gh12si13]

@@이네이버형님 Don't use Korean nickname and Korean Japanese~

[@buzzyinurface]

That one armed guy had some amazing cars. 911, LC500...

[@FRS_Heero]

Noticed that 🤨

[@stupidas9466]

Those didn't use to be his cars. But once the neighbourhood gets evacuated and drops everything and runs, and many don't return...well...finders keepers! Zoom zoom!

[@buggs9950]

Perhaps it never was his house...

[@stupidas9466]

Buggs or his excavator...next time we see him i bet he's got a new arm too!

[@satoshi_MC]

Take the Cake The Lexus LC500 came out years after the 2011 Tsunami.

[@edperezjr3899]

The people are full of Hope! Go Japan... God bless this wonderful Nation!

[@jholotanbest2688]

I don't think the Christian god will bless them considering that they are all heathens...

[@user-xh5hs9no7q]

Tokyo Radio Olympics

[@seanshin574]

Radio GA GA~ :->

[@Nonamae77]

Lol i like how so many japanese keyboard warriors tend to reply back to what seems as “non japanese” commenting on the seriousness of fukushima radiation but when someone writes down a comment with a kanji or what seems like a japanese they do not even bother confronting you lol

[@ForbiddTV]

@@Nonamae77 They are probably racist South Koreans. Seoul is more radioactive than Tokyo.

[@Nonamae77]

ForbiddTV lol you are delusional

[@ForbiddTV]

@@Nonamae77 lol, maybe you need to go to the infirmary.

[@jeffhuerta3267]

Watch "Dark Tourist: Japan" in Netflix

[@garfunkle5447]

I hope the best for Japan. Transparency is important. I glad they opened its doors to let the world know they are taking action.

[@parkyp8952]

If you want to eat Fukushima radioactive food, come to the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan!

[@dexteroux]

"Once you start something, you can't turn back. You can only go forward" that's very wise words.

[@Fatimah262]

those words made me cry

[@propergander8509]

1 second in: *N U C U L A R* power

[@pold4837]

Lmao it's spelled "nuclear."

[@markb4185]

From the George "Dubya" Bush school of pronunciation.

[@Cookie-gm8dd]

@@pold4837 r/wooosh

[@mikeblackford994]

Yeah...the BS is incredible. Nuclear power has never supported itself. The tax payer ends up picking up the tab.

[@johnofardeal]

The determination of the Japanese people never stops to amaze me. I really hope their efforts will not be in vain!

[@charlesharper2357]

They're extremely resilient...nobody bounces back from a disaster like they do.

[@tardwrangler]

Unit 731

[@charlesharper2357]

@@tardwrangler Gee...the US military has never done anything questionable, right?

[@tardwrangler]

@@charlesharper2357 sit down weeb

[@charlesharper2357]

@@tardwrangler Can't refute that, can you? Goggle: My Lai Massacre and Abu Ghraib

[@moonpie1616]

Still leaking into the ocean It is still so unsafe Homer Simpson would not even live there......⚅⚅⚅⚅⚅⚅⚅⚅⚅⚅⚅⚅⚅⚅⚅⚅⚅⚅

[@ji-jo]

Any reasons for the deletion of Exploring Fukushima?

[@senortaco3563]

I wanna know too.

[@studiozenmind]

This video should be shared and watched by everyone even when Japanese government spending so much money to cover the fact

[@shadowhacker27]

Like China covered the CoronaVirus which has been infecting people since October 2019 and it just told its people?

[@种花家的小安]

Tony Leon US virus

[@jaisygeorgr9845]

@@种花家的小安 Wuhan virus

[@trollidoll7906]

I think it's ironic how she's scared about *touching* things since there are *radioactive* dust particles in the air, yet she has no face mask on.

[@djgolf3256]

dust particles settle on the ground. You think she would be out there if it were in the air?lol

[@Carole.P]

Sadly that is in our air too, has been since March 3rd 2011 and will be poisoning our planet for thousands of years to come. Fact!

[@Og-Judy]

@@Carole.P not🙄

[@vanilly5704]

Abe said " fukushima under control " didn't say "safe" He knew fukushima is in the situations that is not enough to assume "safe" Boycott 2020 radioactivity Olympic

[@izu-ht7ew]

@Japanese Pride 嘘 Lier lier lier ♡♡♡

[@hhhlove4710]

한여름의광선 The Korean who says a lie even if I say anything. There is evidence. Check it before saying a lie

[@田中広大-t9l]

ボイコットしたいなら韓国だけでやってろ。韓国みたいな下劣な国に日本の土地を踏ませたくないね。

[@なん-v7g]

한여름의광선 Koreans say to people who don't always lie, "It's a lie! It's a lie!" As expected, even the anti-Japanese Koreans were stupid. That's why I hate it. Without knowing that you are lying. Well, you were taught a lie. The President of the Olympic Committee has also acknowledged that Fukushima will be held at the Tokyo Olympics. Furthermore, you insult the people affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Ordinary people help each other and feel sad together. However, unfortunately, Koreans who were trained by anti-Japanese education and brainwashed are different. It is a country that continues to insult the Japanese. I don't think it's human.

[@MrTommyboy68]

Since TEPCO and the Japanese government feel it is SO SAFE there now, THEY SHOULD BE MANDATED TO LIVE IN THE EXCLUSION ZONE.

[@ponycupcake8806]

This is an expensive lesson we had to pay for. I hope Fukushima becomes a safe place for residents, especially for children. Thank you for the report. 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@kk582sos9]

Harsh fact is the region is still hazardous to the people.

[@stellabar623]

Think Chernobyl... still not safe and no way as extreme as what happened here.

[@NordboDK]

If only they hadn't had reactor designs from the 1960s...

[@Darknecros7]

You can thank GE for those Mark I BWR designs. 😢

[@gardenjoy5223]

Pony, Still paying, still paying. Not done for quite some time, yet.

[@Spahbed]

Japan looks like such a nice place

[@hannecatton2179]

The non-irradiated parts of course.

[@Spahbed]

Hanne Catton those areas retaken by nature also look very nice and beautiful lol

[@enrique88005]

Till Godzilla comes back

[@ethsgrl]

The suit is just for the show... ridiculous journalism...

[@dimple0814]

Actually, it's quite normal here in Japan that they wear suits, everyone wears it, especially the ones in the office, from trainee to president. Feels like a uniform for us, cause you wear it everyday. 😅

[@sebastienhuwart2347]

Interviewing politicians and civilians about radiation levels and safety seems a bit pointless, I was actually hoping for non biased scientific evidence on the radiation levels there, seems to much to ask these days. I suppose Nat Geo was under pressure from Japanese government.

[@FrainBart_main]

Just google ''radiation map Japan'' and look at the figures from thousands of measuring stations.

[@dolma2043]

Totally agreed

[@DaveKraft1]

"We've gotten used to it...." -- said the frog in the boiling pot, being turned up a degree at a time.

[@Lost.in.the.MATRIX]

13:00 - Reporter tells a “Story About Hope” Backdrop: Rainbow in the sky. Coincidence?

[@Ottiya]

I don’t think it’s safe for the reporter to be there without proper protection over her face (especially eyes/nose/mouth). There’s a reason why the place is still abandoned, seven years after the disaster.

[@jholotanbest2688]

It is now safe to step in to any largish city without a face mask considering that pollution kills 3 million people a year.

[@skuzzbunny]

Dude, if it wasn't safe, you can be sure they wouldn't have been there, she look ready to risk her life for this story.....??D

[@acmefixer1]

All the videos I've seen have focused on the plant. I'm glad to see a video that shows what's going on in the surrounding towns. I think they are doing well. You must remember that this is not the first time Japan has had to cope with a nuclear disaster. They had to do the same with Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[@kanestone4576]

The discipline that Japanese have amazes me all the time . No shortcuts .

[@CatsMeowPaw]

1:15 I visited that town in October 2018. It's a bit of an island surrounded by a perfectly habitable area due to the cleanup effort. The area overlooking the plant (retirement village) is still pretty radioactive but most other areas are basically at background levels. Most towns in the area have been opened up for people to move back in, but most haven't simply because over the past 7 years they've built lives elsewhere. The power plant itself is still highly radioactive and will take decades to clean up, but the Japanese have done a remarkable job of cleaning up everything around it. Don't believe the hype. It's nowhere near as bad as it looks in this documentary. The best example that it's basically safe? The reporter is walking around without a respirator, and tourists are let in every day to tour the area.

[@The_Slippery_Slope_NZ]

Of course radioactive levels are safe if you keep raising the minimum exposure levels.......

[@azerdraco3146]

When you are dealing with something that kills over time, of course the more corrupt officials are going to jump at the chance to downplay the real severity of the situation. "Oh, look! We are letting people move back to their old homes. The area around the site is mostly clean!" In 20 or 30 years, there will be a massive governmental program to "promote the healing of the local area". Mandatory relocations, total "urban renewal" projects (read: bulldoze the entire area and seal it under lead lined concrete). Of course, there will be unscrupulous people "taking advantage" of some residents (read: silent assassinations of those that don't just "disappear" willingly)

[@lgtv765]

tourists and reporters isn't resident... they aren't long time exposure by radiation in there....

[@mershymarsh]

@@The_Slippery_Slope_NZ Linear No Threshold is a joke. The statistics from previous examples proves hormesis.

[@liughetto8484]

I don't dare to go there, if it is unproved.

[@panzertracks]

Radioactive Boar!!!! sounds like a great story line for the next Godzilla movie.

[@milchani]

It sounds like Spideer Pig's excrements to me!

[@lorenzoscarpelli7980]

Boarzilla XD

[@CalmingWinds]

boarnato

[@davidcho9445]

Abe must watch this documentary.

[@philomath4034]

u mean mr.shinzo?

[@kgbeezr75]

Wait, did he just say "NOOK-yoo-ler" power?

Yeah not much point in watching it really if they're that incompetent.

[@JacobFrey]

First word in the whole dang video!

[@samsmith1358]

Where do th bags with the nuclear waste go? Where? It will be contaminated for thousands of years. As for the govt telling the truth. I can’t helo but be dubious of that.

[@dongyeunkim6767]

I went to Tokyo last year, and I saw Fukushima residents protesting in front of legislature. The residents told me : “DO NOT COME BACK HERE, IT IS A POLLUTED NATION.”

[@AutoDidact117]

What's worse than a angry boar? A nuclear boar

[@jesusleyva4386]

An angry nuclear boar that cant be eaten. Another corpse for the radioactive garbage pile

[@genericyoutube]

this woman is literally shocked by anything. THE TOAST IS MADE IN A TOASTER? OMG!

[@hosackies]

Dude has a porsche and some kind of dussy in the garage in a nuclear fallout zone: Respect! 4:45 And he only has one arm...

[@Sessions1]

hosackies dude his Lexus is far more impressive lol

[@user-kj8cb7rx2c]

When I go to the Tokyo Olympics, I use Fukushima-originated ingredients at Fukushima Stadium," he said in Japan. radioactive food materials

[@harrr53]

I am always struck by how dignified Japanese people are against adversity. My best wishes to the people affected by this disaster.

[@jungha496]

It's the fear and public discrimination that prevents the original residents from coming back. I believe many of the current residents are still living there just because they cannot afford to start a new life elsewhere. What's also important is that there don't seem many stores or job opportunities yet.

[@superbenbenhahaha]

7:55 "pls don't film this part"... went ahead and gave the dead hog a close up look

[@ashish00007]

At least they didn't show the shooting part

[@sirjgn4868]

@@ashish00007 Boohoo :( It's so sad that they killed a radioactive animal that is a danger to humans and to other species as well, right?

[@ashish00007]

@@sirjgn4868 yea. It had to be done.

[@toivan6237]

Children are the most important priority (school, environment, food.. everything)

[@Barskor1]

Yet they let a nuke plant be built right on the coast in a nation of earth quakes and tsunamis durp!

[@luukeluketer1024]

No they are not ......I'm priority........Children can stand at the back of the line just as we were once kids at the back of the line....

[@corz299]

Huh. I remember racing in this city in need for speed Prostreet on my xbox 360 in the early 2010s. Nostalgia.

[@kimyonghoon78]

Japanese government decides emission of around 1million tons of water from Fukushima power plant to Ocean.

[@614pinetree]

김용훈 Every nation needs to gather and invade Japan together and slash the people if it is so! 🔪🔪🔪

[@Diedhard]

축복 드리는 자 what the heck???

[@Nickiminachhhh]

@@Diedhard thats koreans for you.

[@ukpnpg5528]

No, they pumped all water from inside the basement into storage tanks, most of it isn't even radioactive but its better to be safe than sorry, after removing any contamination from the water it will be diluted and discharged into the ocean, its the best thing to do, the ocean is already slightly radioactive since the earth itself is slightly radioactive and the ocean covers 70% of the earth and the deepest points on the planet are all in the ocean.

[@vintageperez8000]

6th graders in chemistry? I’m supposed to take it in 10th😭

[@jj7958]

yea, they take education a more serious that Americans

[@deresapark4133]

90% of the people who lived before are not going back. Why don't they go back? There are their homes and land. It's okay? People say that The Abe government feeds tourists and Olympic athletes with Fukushima rice. Mixed rice.

[@tardwrangler]

>please don’t films this part >films it

[@computerizedcat]

I gave this a thumbs down because he said Nukiller power not Nuclear power.

[@mickeybowmeister1944]

That's cause he's from New Zealand imitating an American accent.

[@tessiof]

Putting a nuclear reactor on a island in the ring of fire surely was a smart idea.

[@Megan-ir3ze]

Téssio Fechine Unfortunately, this will eventually happen again. I don’t understand why we keep making these mistakes.

[@lexresmark]

And then Flint Michigan still doesn’t have clean water 🙃🙃🙃

I'd expect more knowledge from you guys... "Russia" didn't order anything, the Soviet Union did. The Chernobyl plant itself, as well as the town of Pripyat, are in Ukraine, and the exclusion zone is largely in Ukraine and Belarus.

[@nyctreeman]

What do you expect from a left wing bilge pump like NatGeo?

[@TheFreshSpam]

Becuase the 'Soviet Union' mainly described Russia and its the leader of the 'union' and the Soviet Union has collapsed its easier to say Russia made the decision becuase they did. It was made by the Soviet Army which is Russian based and called by Nikolai Ryzhkov who is Russian. The nuclear plant is Russian so when they describe who set it up, instead of saying the 'Union' and then asking what country. You say Russia, like they did.

[@nyctreeman]

You really need to get out more.

[@TheFreshSpam]

@@nyctreeman Its ok, I know your little mind cant fathom more than what Donald tweets online. Why are you here again? Oh to talk bile and drivel about 'leftist politics' for some deluded reason Go shove that comment up where the sun dont shine

@@TheFreshSpam You can justify it any way you want, it's still factually wrong and lazy.

[@sierrasyn]

TO MY FELLOW KOREANS Hi im a korean living in japan :) I hate Abe as much as the next guy. I dont believe in most of the things the japanese government did, especially to korea. HOWEVER, food from fukushima (ones that are cleared for consumption) is perfectly fine to eat! People arent going to die or have negative effects from radiation during the olympics just because you had food from fukushima. Fukushima is very large, and food from the surrounding areas are safe. Just wanted to clear that up.

[@RetroBerner]

If the US only put 100th of this amount of effort into fixing places like Flint Michigan... SMH

[@mickih35]

Thank you

[@realrobs1]

Not worth the money

[@DimJongUn]

This

[@XloMotion]

That's the elected politicians jobs. Oh wait...

[@franzsmith1561]

I live in Chicago and I think the american government could learn a lot from the japanese. Here are busy with corraption ,dont have time to improve the quality of people life.

[@jamesbond9873]

Why would you build a nuclear power plant near the worlds most known fault line?

[@Eriiaa]

Opens video 1 second in "Nucular" Closes video

[@justinspeer8481]

Eriiaa they should have just sent G.W. over there to narrate it

[@itninja9503]

11:24 "it is crazy what they have to go through..." No what is crazy is in the US they would 'trust' a affidavit from the grower that it was safe. I have mad Respect for Japanese culture and their drive to simply do things the right way.

[@pieterfischer9638]

Mom: what did you learn at school today? Kid: We are living in 3.5 microseverts... its not bad... and its not good.

[@StevenJSMin]

Beware the distance from Tokyo to Fukusima is only 230km. You have to be careful to have anyfood on Tokyo. Its really really serious than we are know..

[@panera7167]

only 8 years ago That happened I think that moving back to there as parents, without doubt, it is too dangerous to live there Abe! you ! go first

[@도비-t5i]

Tokyo Olympics 2020 lol...

[@shaunchilderley9108]

6:06 - Worried about radioactive top layer, continues to create dust without any protective gear. Makes sense.

[@pony81]

13:06 Lexus LC. What a beauty.

[@nighthawkj30A4]

pony81 Acura NSX is better... 🏎

[@kaitospence18]

@@nighthawkj30A4 acura nsx and lexus lc are different cars..... Lexus lc is a gt car while the nsx is a hybrid supercar and it rivals against the Nissan gtr

[@kaitospence18]

@@nighthawkj30A4 or if you mentioned the old one then it still different

[@nighthawkj30A4]

Kaito Spence both ye

[@nighthawkj30A4]

Kaito Spence i don’t think the NSX goes against a nissian gtr. The NSX is with the super car line

[@一莖二花]

IOC must change the hosting country of 2020 Games. Japanese government must stop hiding the truth about the radioactive contamination.

[@614pinetree]

HS, IOC received the dirty money from Abe to open this Olympic in the radioactive country! Abe’s plan is to use the athletes and their family as well as the visitors as guinea pigs just like the experiment 731 they did in Manchuria during WWII.

[@gustode2047]

This is Japan. Not surprised.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

That rainbow reminds me of when I use to live in Japan. Oh my misspent youth.

[@brightfuture6249]

Abe should eat fukushima rices first in olympics !

[@sabareesh129]

All we can do from 1000s of away is to pray for them and wish them best of luck

[@GameheroVHDLol]

Fun fact: the panic is from the tsunami not the radiation. lol

[@Gada947]

**Boar dying** “This is so sad...” **Cheerful Music**

[@joshuasoom7960]

is no one gonna talk about the fact that guy actually ran that excavator one armed amazingly!

[@jpmallon]

subtitles are much better than being dubbed

[@DURGAPRASAD-ws9mo]

Japan is among the most hardworking and smart countries in the world. Respect from INDIA..

[@김영은-p5u]

Japan is contaminated by radioactivity. But they don't argue about it. Japanese celebrities goes Fukushima and eat local food to show people how safe that place but as you know, we can't approach chernobyl. And what about Fukushima? Only 8years passed. And Tokyo is really close to Fukushima.