(Corrects date to March 11, 2011 in paragraph 9)By Tim Kelly and Kim Kyung HoonFUKUSHIMA, Japan, March 4 (Reuters) - A decade ago, Sakae Kato stayed behind to rescue cats abandoned by neighbours who fled the radiation clouds belching from the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant. He won't leave."I want to make sure I am here to take care of the last one," he said from his home in the contaminated quarantine zone. "After that I want to die, whether that be a day or hour later."
The man who saves forgotten cats in Fukushima's nuclear zone https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-fukushima-anniversary-pets-wide-idUSKCN2AV2XO, By Tim Kelly, Kim Kyung Hoon-3 Mar 21, FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - A decade ago, Sakae Kato stayed behind to rescue cats abandoned by neighbours who fled the radiation clouds belching from the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant. He won’t leave. “I want to make sure…
(Adds update on condition of Kato's cats since his arrest)By Tim Kelly and Kim Kyung HoonFUKUSHIMA, Japan, March 4 (Reuters) - A decade ago, Sakae Kato stayed behind to rescue cats abandoned by neighbours who fled the radiation clouds belching from the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant. He won't leave."I want to make sure I am here to take care of the last one," he said from his home in the contaminated quarantine zone. "After that I want to die, whether that be a day or hour later."
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