NHK Documentary - Season 18 Episode 18 Escaping the Fallout: Seven Days Revealed
0.0057 minutes
The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 caused a series of accidents at a nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture. 3 reactors suffered meltdown, and some 140-thousand people evacuated in 7 days. Despite the scale of the disaster, details of the evacuation were not widely known. What actions did people take and how was information communicated to them? The chaos of the evacuation can be captured from 2,400 videos and photos, and the testimony of more than 1,000 people.