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According to the radiation testing by the STA, Ouchi was exposed to 17 Sv of radiation, Shinohara 10 Sv, and Yokokawa received 3 Sv. [21] [24] The two technicians who received the higher doses, Ouchi and Shinohara, died several months later. Hisashi Ouchi, 35, was transported and treated at the University of Tokyo Hospital for 83 days. [25]
Ōishi Matashichi (大石又七) (January 1934 – 7 March 2021) [2] [3] was a Japanese anti-nuclear activist and author, and was a fisherman exposed to the radioactive fallout of the Bravo Nuclear Test in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi (山口 彊, Yamaguchi Tsutomu) (16 March 1916 – 4 January 2010) was a Japanese marine engineer who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 160 people are known to have been affected by both bombings, [ 1 ] he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the ...
Daigo Fukuryū Maru (第五福龍丸, F/V Lucky Dragon 5) was a Japanese tuna fishing boat with a crew of 23 men which was contaminated by nuclear fallout from the United States Castle Bravo thermonuclear weapon test at Bikini Atoll on March 1, 1954. The crew suffered acute radiation syndrome (ARS) for
"The two workers, aged 21 and 24, sustained multiple external injuries and were believed to have died from blood loss, TEPCO said. Their bodies were decontaminated as radiation has been spewing from the plant for three weeks." [62] A Japanese Research Company was assigned to find out the health effects and casualties caused by the disaster.
The Japanese government has recognized about 650,000 people as hibakusha. As of 31 March 2024, 106,825 were still alive, mostly in Japan, [5] and in 2024 are expected to surpass the number of surviving US World War veterans. [6] The government of Japan recognizes about 1% of these as having illnesses caused by radiation. [7]
AP Concerns over possible food contamination by radiation, in light of damage to a nuclear power plant in Japan, have prompted some hotels and airlines in Asia to stop using Japanese
As Japanese health and radiation specialist Shunichi Yamashita noted: [17] We know from Chernobyl that the psychological consequences are enormous. Life expectancy of the evacuees dropped from 65 to 58 years – not because of cancer, but because of depression, alcoholism, and suicide. Relocation is not easy, the stress is very big. We must not ...