The two crises, a big earthquake and an accident of Nuclear
Power Stations, happened on March 11 in 2011 in Japan. First of
all we would like to express special thanks to all people and
countries that help and support us. The Tsunami (tidal wave)
caused by the big earthquake at the size of Magnitude 9 attacked
the residents and buildings along the seacoast facing the
Pacific Ocean. The number of victims is over 15.000, and the
number of missing people is over 13.000. The buildings and
houses got broken by the enormous power of Tsunami. Many
residents lost not only their houses, furniture, pets but also
their family. Over several ten thousand people still have to
live at gyms or public facilities now. The conditions there are
very tough, especially for elderly people, children, and
pregnant women. We have to solve this terrible condition as soon
as possible.
The accident of Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations has been under
the severe situation, which includes high level of radiation of
Iodine, Cesium and Strontium, leaking of radioactive matters
from the broken plants, a big amount of polluted water including
a lot of radioactive matters, many residents who had to evacuate
from polluted area etc. The three plants got such terrible
hydrogen explosions that they scattered numerous amount of
radioactive matters as 630,000,000,000,000,000 Becquerel, which
is as bad as in the case of Chernobyl. Nobody knows when the
serious situation will be solved and when residents will be able
to come back to their home towns.
Many teachers and parents got very angry at the instruction
announced by the government, on April 19. It said that the
limited radiation level at school ground or field is appropriate
for 20 mSv per year, which is almost same as the case of workers
at nuclear facilities in Germany. Many people including students
demand government to withdraw its decision.
I would like to describe the situation of the children and
students in the damaged area. Some children lost their parents;
they have to live with relatives or at public nursery. Some
students have to move to another district because their former
schools were destroyed by the Tsunami. Especially since the
children and students in Fukushima are suffering from radiation
matters, they have to evacuate from their hometowns for a long
time, it might be for a year at least. Many children and
students are getting back their smile and hope in spite of these
severe conditions, they started studying, playing and laughing
again!
Japanese people consider why the accidents of the Nuclear Power
Stations happened in Fukushima. Recently the Prime Minister
announced that Hamaoka NPS which stands just on active faults
should be stopped immediately and the energy plan to build new
14 NPS in near future should be revised. Many Japanese people
start on thinking how we can get a safe energy and how we could
save energy. The earthquake and accidents of NPS are a terrible
experience for Japanese people, but it gives us a good chance to
think about our future.
