Ishimure Michiko and Environmental Justice in Japan by Ho Tsz Ching On March 11 th , 2011, a tsunami slammed into the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, causing the deadliest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. The inquiries that followed stressed the unexpectedness of the situation – a perfect confluence of earthquake, tsunami, and reactor meltdown that no one could have prepared for. However true this may be from a nuclear engineering or contingency planning perspective; it is not true from the lens of environmental justice. From local issues like the location of the plant and its lax safety procedures, to policy issues like the Japanese government’s push for a peaceful nuclear future, these human failings caused the plant to be built where it was built and maintained how it was maintained. This video is not about Fukushima. It is about how these same human failings caused another environmental disaster in the past, and whether they will return to haunt Japan once more. ...