Guardian: The traffic lights are still blinking in Odaka town, north-western Japan, but few cars pass through these deserted intersections. Frozen in time after being hit by the triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and meltdowns in the nearby Fukushima Dai'ichi nuclear plant, tables are still laid in partially-collapsed restaurants and cars are stacked up against railings where they were deposited by the retreating wave. When I visited last week, a deathly silence reigned, the only noise the chirruping of...
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/17/japan-nuclear-south-korea
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/5/17/1337267618756/Seoul-by-night-008.jpg
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