*CNN* Unspeakable Rage: I saw my wife on fire — 'This is Tepco’s fault' — No official count of how many are killing themselves after Fukushima (VIDEO)
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Fukushima suicide: ‘Unspeakable rage’
CNN
Kyung Lah
June 20, 2012
Transcript Excerpts
- “This is Tepco’s fault”
- CNN: “No one is officially keeping track of how many evacuees are killing themselves”
Updated here http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/20/world/asia/japan-fukushima-suicides/index.html
Mikio Watanabe’s Fukushima home is contaminated with radiation and filled with the nightmares of his wife’s horrific suicide.
“I can still see it,” says the 62-year old, the tears welling in his eyes.
What he sees is Hamako, his wife of 39 years, on fire and scorched.
The 58-year-old doused herself in kerosene and set herself on fire last July after slipping into an overwhelming depression.
As evacuees from last year’s Fukushima nuclear disaster, Mikio and Hamako lost everything: their home, their jobs, and any hope for the future.
“If there was no nuclear accident, we wouldn’t have gone through this terrible thing,” he says. “This is TEPCO’s fault.”
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Watanabe’s lawsuit seeks to elevate his wife’s suicide beyond the horror tale whispered among evacuees. “Watanabe’s case is very symbolic,” says his attorney Tsugio Hirota.
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“I feel an unspeakable rage,” says Watanabe. “If I don’t do something, my wife is just another suicide case.”
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