Fukushima children express fears about radiation

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Japan's Fukushima children brought their radiation fears straight to the government.

17 August,2011 11:14 pm

Japan is continues to grapple with its nuclear crisis. Children from Fukushima prefecture, home to the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant, handed their hand-written letters to government officials.They travelled 290 km (180 miles) to Tokyo by bus as part of a larger campaign to urge the government to do more to help children in areas affected by radiation. “Please take responsibility for the those who have lost their school friends and houses due to the nuclear accident,” said 11-year-old Fukushima resident Mariko Kobayashi.Hisashi Kunimune of the Ministrys School Health Department, said the government would do its best to help the Fukushima children. “We hope to do everything that we can in order to make it so that, like you said, you can live safely in the future,” he said.Kobayashi said the invisible threat of nuclear radiation is affecting their everyday lives.