Fukushima

Rasen kaigan (Spiral Shore) 45 from the series Rasen kaigan (Spiral Shore), 2012.

These artists remember the Fukushima disaster through their photography

On the fourth anniversary of the tsunami and nuclear disaster, a museum displays photographers who not only recorded the event's physical effects but interpreted the tragedy's overarching significance.

These artists remember the Fukushima disaster through their photography
A man walks between a fallow rice field at Miyakoji area in Tamura, Fukushima prefecture on April 1, 2014. The area was finally opened to residents three years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

Riding the bus through Japan's forbidden nuclear zone

Riding the bus through Japan's forbidden nuclear zone
Kiyoko and her husband Yoshishiro Baba ran a fish restaurant in their home in Kawauchi until the Fukushima meltdown.

A couple returns to their 'heaven' near the Fukushima nuclear disaster

A couple returns to their 'heaven' near the Fukushima nuclear disaster
These residents have been given temporary jobs maintaining public places.

Not everyone wants the clean-up in Fukushima to be over

Not everyone wants the clean-up in Fukushima to be over

The Hidden Effects of Japan's Tsunami and Quake

The Hidden Effects of Japan's Tsunami and Quake