{"id":346171,"date":"2011-03-29T02:26:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T02:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/some-japanese-staying-put-despite-radiation-threat\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T02:26:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T02:26:29","slug":"some-japanese-staying-put-despite-radiation-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/some-japanese-staying-put-despite-radiation-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Japanese staying put despite radiation threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"79.367227505486\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link -->       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"72.141255605381\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"6\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>Japanese residents: We&#8217;re not leaving<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>Some Japanese residents in the evacuation zone are refusing to leave<\/li>\n<li>Damage to roads within the 12-mile evacuation area renders transportation difficult<\/li>\n<li>Officials again urge residents near the Fukushima nuclear plant to evacuate<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; In Futaba, Japan, the threat of death by radiation poisoning is not enough to compel some residents to obey the Japanese government&#8217;s order to leave their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Futaba is within the 12-mile evacuation zone surrounding the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant where crews are struggling to contain radiation spilling out of the facility &#8212; a disaster created by a March 11 earthquake-triggered tsunami.<\/p>\n<p>The nuclear accident has turned Futaba into a ghost town, almost. Trains no longer run to this northern Japan farming community. The clean-up of the damage wrought by the earthquake has not started and the only people on the streets are members of Japan&#8217;s self-defense forces, all dressed head to toe in protective clothing.<\/p>\n<p>However, government forces conducting house-by-house searches have found people who refuse to get out of Futaba. Some say they are too sick or old to leave their homes. Others say they stayed behind, or managed to return, to feed their animals.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve come to help you go to the evacuation center,&#8221; a security forces officer told one woman during a recent visit to her home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, no, we cannot go,&#8221; the woman replied.<\/p>\n<p>The woman said she couldn&#8217;t leave because her husband suffers from Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and has a bad leg that renders him unable to get out of bed. When the officer told the woman her daughter is worried about her, the woman still refused to obey the evacuation order.<\/p>\n<p>A security forces member told CNN that two days after the visit, they managed to persuade the woman to leave Futaba with her husband.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are explaining how serious the situation is to people, because radiation is something you can&#8217;t see with your eyes,&#8221; said Kei Higuchi, a representative of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, some of those who remain in the danger zone, find adapting to a new environment even more challenging,&#8221; Higuchi said, &#8220;so they want to stay at home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stubborn residents aren&#8217;t the only problem complicating the evacuation, according to security forces. Earthquake damage to roads has made it difficult to travel through the area.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, government officials remain adamant that residents who live within 12 miles of the Fukushima plant must leave.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would like to request once again that residents stay away because it&#8217;s a very risky area with contamination, Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said. &#8220;We urge residents not to return to the 20 kilometer (12 mile) radius area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. government guidelines call for residents who live more twice as far from the Fukushima plant to leave the area.<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.6064345526664\">\n<div readability=\"4.6666666666667\">\n<p>Part of complete coverage on<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.6434782608696\">\n<div readability=\"5.4173913043478\">\n<p>CNN&#8217;s multimedia gallery examines the causes and consequences of Japan&#8217;s nuclear crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.2244897959184\">\n<div readability=\"4.9285714285714\">\n<p>Take a look at CNN&#8217;s gallery of hi-res images of the Japan disaster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.4757575757576\">\n<div readability=\"6.7393939393939\">\n<p>Hundreds of iReport contributors who experienced the quake and its aftermath are collaborating with CNN on a new approach to storytelling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.9818181818182\">\n<div readability=\"7.6909090909091\">\n<p>Click through our interactive to see how the Fukushima Daiichi reactors work, what&#8217;s causing the problems and what&#8217;s being done to fix them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.5555555555556\">\n<div readability=\"5.3148148148148\">\n<p>Get up-to-the-minute news on the situation in Japan with CNN&#8217;s This Just In blog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.6470588235294\">\n<div readability=\"5.421568627451\">\n<p>Follow CNN correspondents on the ground as they report on the crisis in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.8493150684932\">\n<div readability=\"7.5205479452055\">\n<p>Following the nuclear crisis in Japan, China ordered inspections of its nuclear plants and suspended new plant approvals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.4275362318841\">\n<div readability=\"6.9782608695652\">\n<p>In light of Japan&#8217;s nuclear crisis, CNN examines alternative answers to the country&#8217;s future energy needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycrcntr --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>[Read more here|Read the original here|Read more from the original source|Continued here|Read more|More here|View original post here|More|See more here|See original here|Originally posted here|Here is the original post|See the original post|The rest is here|Read the rest here|See the rest here|Go here to read the rest|Go here to see the original|See the original post here|Read the original post|Original post|Read the original|Link|Excerpt from|View post|Visit link|Follow this link|Continue reading here|See the article here|Read this article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Japanese residents: We&#8217;re not leaving STORY HIGHLIGHTS Some Japanese residents in the evacuation zone are refusing to leave Damage to roads within the 12-mile evacuation area renders transportation difficult Officials again urge residents near the Fukushima nuclear plant to evacuate (CNN) &#8212; In Futaba, Japan, the threat of death by radiation poisoning is not enough to compel some residents to obey the Japanese government&#8217;s order to leave their homes. Futaba is within the 12-mile evacuation zone surrounding the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant where crews are struggling to contain radiation spilling out of the facility &#8212; a disaster created by a March 11 earthquake-triggered tsunami. 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