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Photographer Phyllis B. Dunya illuminates the life of the Japanese refugees who had fled from the infected area after the accident in Fukushima, which happened as a result of the earthquake and tsunami March 11, 2011. Comments photographer: "In Fukushima was a large man-made disaster. In mid-April last the authorities began the forced evacuation of Tomioka and Kawauchi, who by that time had not yet left these areas. Almost a year later, about 80 thousand refugees live in temporary housing set by the government. Often, they are located just outside the restricted area, and a larger percentage of their residents are elderly, physically or mentally handicapped people. " In this post are pictures of these refugees, made in August of last year and in the last few days.
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1. Masayoshi Katakura standing on the steps of his temporary home in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture. Masayoshi, like many others, terrified by the earthquake and tsunami, and poverty and hopelessness - the result of the nuclear disaster.





2. Katakura Masayoshi and his wife Akiko, which looks baseball in a temporary home in Koriyama. 85-year-old Katakura - Tenrikyo priest. In Tomioka he had his own congregation and the church where he lived and conducted the service. He now lives with his sick wife Akiko in the temporary home of the signed contract for up to two years, after which the government and the company «Tokyo Electric» will have their continued support.



3. Masayoshi hang laundry in Koriyama. All he managed to take with him from things - radio, glasses, print it Hanko and some medical records - easily fits into one box.



4. Residents of temporary homes in Koriyama spend time waiting for the moment when they will be reunited with their pets, and favorite activities.



5. Endo Chiёko with their daily portion of food at the «Big Palette» in Koriyama. «Big Palette» - this stadium, which originally lived refugees from Kavaychi and Tomioka.



6. Shigeki Hashimoto in his temporary home in Koriyama. Shigeki and her husband has been 5 months waiting for news about her cat and dog who somehow kept in the shelter. They worry that they will not be returned to their pets because of the high level of radiation exposure



7. Residents of temporary homes arrived to pick up the dishes arrived in Koriyama.



8. The complex of temporary homes in Koriyama.



9. Family Sakuma supper and drinking sake in his temporary home in Koriyama. Fumio Sakuma worked at the plant "Fukushima", when there was a leak. For the loss of work received financial compensation in the amount of salary for 7 months.



10. Shigeki Hashimoto knits in Koriyama. Because of the stress of the already fragile woman lost 10 kg



11. Atsushi Sid and his wife Kimiko breakfast in his temporary home in Koriyama. To save his cat and dog out of the house, which has controlled the government, they were covered with aluminum foil, and crept back under cover of night.



12. Endo Chiёko still lives at the stadium «Big Palette» in Koriyama. Many residents have already moved into temporary homes



13. Mother and daughter - the last two refugee, still living in the indoor stadium in Koriyama



14. Shigeki Hashimoto established a small altar on cardboard boxes in his temporary home in Koriyama. These are the only things that she took because at that time I thought it would soon return to his home.



15. Tosisuke Hashimoto resting while handing things in Koriyama.



16. Ayaka Ando with his beloved dog in Koriyama.



17. A refugee sitting in his temporary home in Koriyama.



18. Masayoshi Katakura in his temporary home in Koriyama.



19. Masayoshi Katakura visits his wife Akiko in Koriyama. He had to put his wife in the house with the provision of partial withdrawal.



20. Ikuko Sakuma in his temporary home. Ikuko Fumio Sakuma husband worked at the plant "Fukushima", when disaster struck. He managed to escape. His mother died in the house during the tsunami, and they believe that its spirit protects their home while they live in temporary refugee complex, hoping one day to return home



21. Kimiko and her husband Atsushi in his temporary home. They lived in a large house in the mountains, where they had their own vegetable garden.



22. Atsushi Sid in the hall of slot machines "Pachinko" in Koriyama.



23. Kasetsu Yutaka - temporary shelters for refugees from Tomioka and Kawauchi.



24. Shigeki Tositsuke and her husband in their temporary home in Koriyama. Although their house was damaged in the earthquake, it is possible to live, not counting the radiation level in the area, because of which they can not return home.



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