06 What was it like in Fukushima during the Tohoku earthquake? (Part 1)

06 What was it like in Fukushima during the Tohoku earthquake? (Part 1)

On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: What was it like in Fukushima during the Tohoku earthquake?

Note: This is part one of a two part series.

Topics Discussed
  • A firsthand account of what the 2011 Tohoku earthquake felt like in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture
  • The 2011 tsunami
  • The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and concerns over radiation
  • What some English teachers in Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture did after the earthquake
  • What it was like being in Osaka and Kobe during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake
  • The lack of commercials on Japanese TV in the days following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake
  • And more!
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If you would like to learn more about the effects of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, you should check out episode nine of the Japan Station podcast. This episode features an interview with Richard Lloyd Parry, author of Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone.

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