Fukushima radiation effect has been one of the biggest issues recently because it a lot of people were affected by it. The effect was so significant that it is affecting countries even far away like US. Because of the accident, about 800 people died and the radiation exposed thousand people to cancers. According to scientists, the radiation increases the risk of getting cancer by 70%. Also, the polluted water caused fishing around the area near unavailable so Chinese, Japanese, and Korean fishers are having trouble. Lastly, the tourism in Japan has reduced notably.
Because of this accident,156,000 people in the area had to be displaced to safe zone which is outside of 20km exclusion zone around the power plant. Incoming people from other countries has decreased while Japan is trying to conceal most of the facts to minimize their loss. It is told that the situation is more serious than what the media in Japan is telling us.
