NHK WORLD PRIME

Season 3, Episode 9

Episode Title: Split-Screen Documentary: Nuclear Ghost Town - After 8 Years

Air Date: 2019-05-25

Overview:

THEN and NOW meet in this first-ever "split-screen documentary" about the town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, devastated by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident. Footage of the same locations shows the situation soon after the disaster in 2011 and more recently in 2019. Reconstruction is well underway, but radioactive waste continues to pile up. The future of the community remains unclear, and some wonder whether it can ever truly be restored.