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Radiation expert fighting Fukushima contamination

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Kimura (L), a radiation hygiene expert, gives a lecture on radiation during a local women's association meeting in Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 21, 2012. The 44-year-old scientist quit his job at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health when his boss at the government-affiliated institute refused to give the green light for his trip to Fukushima to collect soil and air samples immediately after the explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 12, 2011.

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TEPCO president visits evacuation shelter

NIHOMMATSU, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu bows in apology in front of residents of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, who were forced to evacuate following the nuclear crisis at the company's Fukushima Daiichi power plant, at a gymnasium serving as a shelter in Nihommatsu, Fukushima, on May 4, 2011.

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Japan nuclear crisis

NIHOMMATSU, Japan - Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces wearing protective gear get ready for radioactive decontamination operations in Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 15, 2011, after high levels of radiation were detected in the area along with troubles at a quake-hit nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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Japan nuclear crisis

NIHOMMATSU, Japan - A Japan Self-Defense Forces member decontaminates a shoe of a local resident (in the background) in Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 15, 2011, after high levels of radiation were detected in the area along with troubles at a quake-hit nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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Japan nuclear crisis

NIHOMMATSU, Japan - A child gets a radiation test in Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 15, 2011, amid an escalating crisis at a nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11 killer quake and tsunami in the prefecture.

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Rwandan who survived 1994 genocide bonds with Fukushima evacuees

Marie Louise Towari (L) smiles with Yoshiko Amano, an evacuee from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, on Feb. 18, 2015, during a "Rwanda Cafe" gathering in the northeastern Japan city of Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture. The Rwandan, wearing a garment remade from a second-hand kimono presented by Amano, has been offering constant support to the evacuees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rwandan who survived 1994 genocide bonds with Fukushima evacuees

Marie Louise Towari (L), holding a cup of Rwandan coffee, walks with an evacuee from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in a temporary housing complex in the northeastern Japan city of Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 18, 2015. The Rwandan has been offering constant support to the evacuees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sunflowers spur grassroots exchanges with Fukushima

Photo taken Feb. 5, 2015, shows Chikako Miura, head of a workshop in Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, holding sunflower seeds sent from outside the prefecture and a drawing by students of an elementary school in Nagano Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TEPCO president visits evacuation shelter

NIHOMMATSU, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu bows in apology in front of residents of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, who were forced to evacuate following the nuclear crisis at the company's Fukushima Daiichi power plant, at a gymnasium serving as a shelter in Nihommatsu, Fukushima, on May 4, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Radiation expert fighting Fukushima contamination

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Kimura (L), a radiation hygiene expert, gives a lecture on radiation during a local women's association meeting in Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 21, 2012. The 44-year-old scientist quit his job at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health when his boss at the government-affiliated institute refused to give the green light for his trip to Fukushima to collect soil and air samples immediately after the explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 12, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan nuclear crisis

NIHOMMATSU, Japan - Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces wearing protective gear get ready for radioactive decontamination operations in Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 15, 2011, after high levels of radiation were detected in the area along with troubles at a quake-hit nuclear power plant in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Japan nuclear crisis

NIHOMMATSU, Japan - A Japan Self-Defense Forces member decontaminates a shoe of a local resident (in the background) in Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 15, 2011, after high levels of radiation were detected in the area along with troubles at a quake-hit nuclear power plant in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Japan nuclear crisis

NIHOMMATSU, Japan - A child gets a radiation test in Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 15, 2011, amid an escalating crisis at a nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11 killer quake and tsunami in the prefecture. (Kyodo)