Echoes of Fukushima discrimination felt amid coronavirus pandemic
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Matsuki Kamoshita (center) speaks during a news conference in Paris in March 2019 after meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican. | FUKUSHIMA MINPO
Kahoku Shimpo
Apr 19, 2021
When Matsuki Kamoshita, 18, moved to Tokyo from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, at the age of 9 right after the triple meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in March 2011, he endured repeated bullying at his new elementary school.
He was called a “germ.” Some students stabbed his legs with pencils. He was pushed down the stairs. All because he had evacuated from Fukushima in the wake of the nuclear disaster.