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Fukushima Monologue II

Fukushima Monologue II

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After the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, Matsumura Naoto stayed in his hometown of Tomioka to look after abandoned animals. A decade later, Matsumura is now battling to revive a rice field in a decontaminated wasteland. As once-treasured farmland is lost to various new forms of development, Matsumura's solitary struggle to carve out a different path to the community's future casts the theme of post-disaster reconstruction in a new light. Learn how Matsumura's community efforts are making a difference in FUKUSHIMA MONOLOGUE II.

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