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Now, the United Nations top expert offers his perspective. The family of a man who committed suicide after the Fukushima Nuclear accident is taking action. The 102yearold refused an order to evacuate his home near the Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2011. Now his relatives are prepared to sue the company that runs the crippled facility. The village of iitate has been empty for over three years. It is 30 kilometers from the Nuclear Plant and one month after the accident, the japanese government ordered residents to leave. The day after the evacuation order, fumio okubo killed himself at home. He was the oldest resident of the village and said he couldnt leave the place where he had spent a century. Okubos daughterinlaw, mieko, is one of three relatives who are planni ....