Ex-school teacher stays committed to antinuclear movement

Ex-school teacher stays committed to antinuclear movement

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken April 24, 2014 shows Hidefumi Owada, a former school teacher and antinuclear activist, holding a crane figurine belonging to the abandoned garden of his home in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. The amount of radiation in the garden remains high, leaving no time for Owada, a devoted gardener, to attend to his once-proud garden. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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