(by Ms. Nobuko Terashima, evacuee from Isobe area, at General Welfare Center in Souma City, Fukushima Prefecture)
My husband and I were running octopus fishery. All the house and boats were completely washed away. There is nothing left at Seriyachi area now. I am worried about the great affects when we will not be able to sell any fish or vegetable because of the events at the nuclear plants. I earnestly wish we could catch fish to supply them to the people again.
(to Ms. Mizue and Fumie Sakakibara in Sendai City)
Dear Mizue and Fumie,
I heard that you called my home in Isobe so many times worrying about me. Thank you so much. Please be relieved that I am doing fine. I’d like to talk to you when I restore my life sometime. But I am managing my life like this right now. Please take care of yourselves and live well.
Victims’ Voice aired on NHK, April 7, 2011
Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano
Sunday, April 10, 2011
If radiation can be seen floating in the air, I would not stay around
(by Ms. Ayako Terashima, evacuee from Isobe area, at General Welfare Center in Souma City, Fukushima Prefecture)
After the earthquake, we evacuated from Souma city, but we came back to our hometown since the amount of radiation was reported not harmful to the health. There are many people from the same area at this evacuation center, and we do not have to relocate.
Victims’ Voice aired on NHK, April 7, 2011
Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano
After the earthquake, we evacuated from Souma city, but we came back to our hometown since the amount of radiation was reported not harmful to the health. There are many people from the same area at this evacuation center, and we do not have to relocate.
Victims’ Voice aired on NHK, April 7, 2011
Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano
Fear for Invisible radiation, but what’s next?
(by Mr. Noriyuki Terashima, evacuee from Isobe area, at General Welfare Center in Souma City, Fukushima Prefecture)
What will they take for the next step at the nuclear plants? Is everything going to be settled? - That’s my main concern.
What will they take for the next step at the nuclear plants? Is everything going to be settled? - That’s my main concern.
Victims’ Voice aired on NHK, April 7, 2011
Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano
Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano
Fearful about the nuclear accident without the accurate information
(by Mr. Takayuki Yatsumaki, evacuee from Isobe area, at General Welfare Center in Souma City, Fukushima Prefecture)
Our child attends a senior high school near the nuclear plant; that worries me a lot. (Ms. Eiko Yatsumaki)
I am worried about the accidents at nuclear plants; it seems that we are not getting any accurate information. I don’t know if we’ll be alright or not.
Victims’ Voice aired on NHK, April 7, 2011
Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano
Our child attends a senior high school near the nuclear plant; that worries me a lot. (Ms. Eiko Yatsumaki)
I am worried about the accidents at nuclear plants; it seems that we are not getting any accurate information. I don’t know if we’ll be alright or not.
Victims’ Voice aired on NHK, April 7, 2011
Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano
Narrow escape from the tsunami, but facing the serious problem of nuclear plants’ accident
(by Ms. Chiyo Terashima, evacuee from Isobe area, at General Welfare Center in Souma City, Fukushima Prefecture)
We were playing gateball ( a type of ground golf). There was a terrible shake; too big to keep standing. I anticipated that a big tide wave should follow soon, so I called to my wife, “Grandma, let’s run”. And we ran away from that place as fast as we could. It was about 15 minutes before the tsunami attack. Only 15 minutes!
We can reconstruct the places destructed by the tsunami by the human power, but the problems at nuclear plants are beyond the power of human being. It is enormously grave problem, I think. There are too many nuclear plants in Fukushima Prefecture. Come to think about it, it is reckless to have built six nuclear plants in this area alone. We must move to another place, if we cannot live here. (Mr. Tadashi Terashima)
I am glad that we ran away in a hurry. We had a really narrow escape from the tsunami.
Victims’ Voice aired on NHK, April 7, 2011
Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano
We were playing gateball ( a type of ground golf). There was a terrible shake; too big to keep standing. I anticipated that a big tide wave should follow soon, so I called to my wife, “Grandma, let’s run”. And we ran away from that place as fast as we could. It was about 15 minutes before the tsunami attack. Only 15 minutes!
We can reconstruct the places destructed by the tsunami by the human power, but the problems at nuclear plants are beyond the power of human being. It is enormously grave problem, I think. There are too many nuclear plants in Fukushima Prefecture. Come to think about it, it is reckless to have built six nuclear plants in this area alone. We must move to another place, if we cannot live here. (Mr. Tadashi Terashima)
I am glad that we ran away in a hurry. We had a really narrow escape from the tsunami.
Victims’ Voice aired on NHK, April 7, 2011
Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano
Tsunami took all I had, but I cannot forsake the area
(by Ms. Yoko Hakozaki, evacuee from Isobe area, at General Welfare Center in Souma City, Fukushima Prefecture )
We were a farming family, but we lost all the fields to the tsunami. They were submerged by saltwater, and I don’t know what to do at all. The rice we stored for one year was damaged as well. We cannot grow rice in this area, but I want to live in Isobe area. After all I’ve lived here for decades, so I cannot leave this area.
Victims’ Voice aired on NHK, April 7, 2011
Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano
We were a farming family, but we lost all the fields to the tsunami. They were submerged by saltwater, and I don’t know what to do at all. The rice we stored for one year was damaged as well. We cannot grow rice in this area, but I want to live in Isobe area. After all I’ve lived here for decades, so I cannot leave this area.
Victims’ Voice aired on NHK, April 7, 2011
Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano
As many people and as soon as possible
(by Mr. Yoshinori Abe, evacuee from Isobe area, at General Welfare Center in Souma City, Fukushima Prefecture )
Almost all the houses were completely destroyed by the tsunami in Isobe area of Soma City. A massive tsunami gushed into the town with the force of breaking the embankment and washed away the foundations of houses. My family of four was hit by the tsunami on the way to the evacuation center, and my sister did not survive. I just wish they could find as many people as possible for everybody’s sake.
Victims’ Voice aired on NHK, April 7, 2011
Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano
Almost all the houses were completely destroyed by the tsunami in Isobe area of Soma City. A massive tsunami gushed into the town with the force of breaking the embankment and washed away the foundations of houses. My family of four was hit by the tsunami on the way to the evacuation center, and my sister did not survive. I just wish they could find as many people as possible for everybody’s sake.
Victims’ Voice aired on NHK, April 7, 2011
Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano
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