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Fukushima: 2. Emergency

Fukushima Fukushima
Episode 2 of 7

Japan battles to maintain control in the face of nuclear disaster.

Japan battles to maintain control in the face of nuclear disaster. Can catastrophe be averted? A drama about the events of March 2011.

Cast:
Suto: Togo Igawa
Akiko: Ami Okumura Jones
Yoshida: Eiji Mihara
Saito: Sadao Ueda
Ito: Matt McCooey
Shimada: Akira Koieyama
Narrator: Romola Garai
Reporter: Kevin Shen
Reporter: Naoko Mori
Worker: Nino Furuhata

Fukushima is written by Adrian Penketh
Sound design is by Peter Ringrose
Produced by Toby Swift and Sasha Yevtushenko
Commissioned by Simon Pitts for 主播大秀 World Service

Audio for this episode was updated on 4 October 2023.

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28 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 Jun 2023 01:32GMT
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