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Taken from http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110826-00000001-dal-ent.
During an interview with Nihon Television in Tokyo on the 25th of this month, Yamaguchi Tatsuya of TOKIO (39) announced that the DASH Village, a farming village on the show The! Tetsuwan! DASH!! (Sundays at 7 pm), has begun the road to recovery. The DASH Village is located 25 kilometers from the evacuation zone brought about by the incident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Under Yamaguchi's proposal, revival of the DASH Village began during June. Having been back to the Village twice now to assess the situation, he stated tearfully that he was "taking the full responsibility of the DASH Village's current condition into his hands".
"To answer truthfully, I... I never thought we'd be able to go back to the Village." Voice shaking with emotion, a huge tear rolled down his cheek. Nothing but warm thoughts went out for the people of the neighboring Namiemachi, those who treated the DASH Village like family for over 10 years now.
From a proposal by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), in the month of June, sunflower seeds were spread across the Village, based on a theory that sunflower seeds could purify contaminated soil. Yamaguchi and members of JAXA returned to the Village on two separate dates - July 16th and August 22nd, obtaining samples of the soil for testing while spreading more seeds. They conducted their work wearing heavy protective clothes under stifling 36 degree heat.
Even now, high levels of radiation are being reported in the samples, but since immediately following the effects of the earthquake, Yamaguchi has appealed to the staff. "I want to go to the Village myself. I want to revive it." "Dangerous? If you think about it like that, you wouldn't be able to do it. Once we're able to return to the Village, everyone else will be able to return to their homes. In order for that to happen, there's so much work that needs to be done." Focusing on those thoughts, he took the initiative himself to head to the Village.
On the day of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the 11th of March, Yamaguchi was at the Village with Joshima Shigeru (40) when the disaster hit, so his feelings towards the Village's revival are strong. Now TOKIO's "Revival Leader", Yamaguchi wished nothing more than to "take on the responsibility himself, and take back the Village."
The DASH Village project is scheduled to be broadcast on 9/11/2011.
Taken from http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110826-00000001-dal-ent.
During an interview with Nihon Television in Tokyo on the 25th of this month, Yamaguchi Tatsuya of TOKIO (39) announced that the DASH Village, a farming village on the show The! Tetsuwan! DASH!! (Sundays at 7 pm), has begun the road to recovery. The DASH Village is located 25 kilometers from the evacuation zone brought about by the incident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Under Yamaguchi's proposal, revival of the DASH Village began during June. Having been back to the Village twice now to assess the situation, he stated tearfully that he was "taking the full responsibility of the DASH Village's current condition into his hands".
"To answer truthfully, I... I never thought we'd be able to go back to the Village." Voice shaking with emotion, a huge tear rolled down his cheek. Nothing but warm thoughts went out for the people of the neighboring Namiemachi, those who treated the DASH Village like family for over 10 years now.
From a proposal by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), in the month of June, sunflower seeds were spread across the Village, based on a theory that sunflower seeds could purify contaminated soil. Yamaguchi and members of JAXA returned to the Village on two separate dates - July 16th and August 22nd, obtaining samples of the soil for testing while spreading more seeds. They conducted their work wearing heavy protective clothes under stifling 36 degree heat.
Even now, high levels of radiation are being reported in the samples, but since immediately following the effects of the earthquake, Yamaguchi has appealed to the staff. "I want to go to the Village myself. I want to revive it." "Dangerous? If you think about it like that, you wouldn't be able to do it. Once we're able to return to the Village, everyone else will be able to return to their homes. In order for that to happen, there's so much work that needs to be done." Focusing on those thoughts, he took the initiative himself to head to the Village.
On the day of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the 11th of March, Yamaguchi was at the Village with Joshima Shigeru (40) when the disaster hit, so his feelings towards the Village's revival are strong. Now TOKIO's "Revival Leader", Yamaguchi wished nothing more than to "take on the responsibility himself, and take back the Village."
The DASH Village project is scheduled to be broadcast on 9/11/2011.
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