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Farmer still holds grudge against TEPCO

IITATE, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 15, 2013 shows Nobuyoshi Ito, who describes himself as an "apprentice farmer," holding a dosimeter in front of snow-covered bags containing earth and sand resulting from decontamination work in the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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German film director Wenders in Fukushima Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned German film director Wim Wenders visits the municipal office of the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2011. People were advised to evacuate from the village due to the relatively high levels of radiation caused by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Film director Wenders in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - German film director Wim Wenders (3rd from L) visits the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2011. The village is designated as an evacuation zone due to the relatively high levels of radiation caused by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Film director Wenders in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - German film director Wim Wenders (rear L) visits the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2011. The village is designated as an evacuation zone due to the relatively high levels of radiation caused by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Iitate residents patrol exclusion zone

IITATE, Japan - Residents of the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on their way to patrolling around their empty homes in the exclusion zone on June 6, 2011.

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Iitate added to evacuation zones

IITATE, Japan - The village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, is added on April 22, 2011, along with some other municipalities outside a 20-kilometer radius of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to the list of areas covered by the Japanese government's evacuation directive, due to concerns over high cumulative levels of radiation.

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Radiation levels in Iitate

IITATE, Japan - A radiation reader indicates the level in the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, is 26 microsieverts per hour on the evening of April 13, 2011. The village is included in the government's new evacuation order due to high amounts of cumulative radioactive materials beyond the evacuation zone of a 20-kilometer radius from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant which was crippled by the massive quake and tsunami on March 11.

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Cattle farmer in Fukushima Pref.

IITATE, Japan - Cattle farmer Kenichi Hasegawa disposes of breast milk he just expressed from his cows on March 27, 2011, in his farm in the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, located some 40 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by a massive earthquake and tsunami. He said he keeps on expressing milk just to dump it as the disaster destroyed infrastructure for milk shipment and the government instructed restrictions on the shipment of local dairy products due to radiation contamination concerns.

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Cattle farmer in Fukushima Pref.

IITATE, Japan - Cattle farmer Kenichi Hasegawa (crouching) expresses breast milk of his cows in the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture on March 27, 2011. He said he is scared of radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by a massive earthquake and tsunami, located some 40 kilometers from his farm, but decided not to escape because he cares for the cows and cannot abandon them.