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Fukushima: 1. Tsunami

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Japan鈥檚 nuclear plant is hit as an immense wave surges past defences and floods reactors. It鈥檚 a desperate fight to contain a disaster.

Japan鈥檚 nuclear plant is hit as an immense wave surges past defences and floods reactors. It鈥檚 a desperate fight to contain a disaster. A drama about the events of March 2011.

Cast:
Suto: Togo Igawa
Akiko: Ami Okumura Jones
Yoshida: Eiji Mihara
Saito: Sadao Ueda
Ito: Matt McCooey
Shimada: Akira Koieyama
Narrator: Romola Garai
Reporter: Kevin Shen
Reporter: Naoko Mori
Worker: Nino Furuhata

Fukushima is written by Adrian Penketh
Sound design is by Peter Ringrose
Produced by Toby Swift and Sasha Yevtushenko
Commissioned by Simon Pitts for 大象传媒 World Service

Audio for this episode was updated on 4 October 2023.

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Sat 3 Jun 2023 01:32GMT

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