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Commemoration and Meaning: The Case of Fukushima

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Robert Jay Lifton  and
Scott Gabriel Knowles
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Abstract

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Disaster commemoration serves as a moment to remember victims and honor survivors. In the case of 3.11, commemoration works differently. As a slow disaster, with radiation exposure and evacuation at the center of the story, 3.11 is not yet over. This places special importance on commemoration as a moment for memory, but also for ongoing commitments to research, justice, and health interventions for survivors.

Keywords

Fukushimadisasternuclear energycommemorationsurvivorsvictims
Type
Research Article
Information
Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 19 , Issue 17 , September 2021 , e3
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