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Fukushima presents lessons for the whole world
Ruins of a school building in Fukushima Prefecture showing how high the tsunami waters reached during 3/11. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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March 16, 2026March 16, 2026Environment, Travel

Fukushima presents lessons for the whole world

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FUKUSHIMA, Japan—Here, in the course of three weeks at the height of winter, I visited the area where the earthquake struck, the coast where the tsunami hit, the nuclear plant where the “accident” occurred, all in a prefecture that still grapples with the memory of a disaster that happened 15 years ago. For those of...