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Fukushima, Seven Years On

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Moises Saman Damaged buildings. Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. May 22, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman A house covered in wild vegetation overgrowth in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture. Tomioka was severely affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake a (...)
Moises Saman An uprooted tree in an area devastate by the 2011 Tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture, near the Japanese city of Sendai. Fujitsuka, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. April 22, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Damaged buildings. Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. May 22, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Abandoned cars for sale in a dealership. Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. May 22, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Empty street at night. Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. May 22, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Abandoned bicycles outside an elementary school in the town of Namie, six years after the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster. Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. June 5, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman School backpacks litter the floor of an elementary school located in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, six years after the school and the entire town was evacuated in the aftermath of the 2 (...)
Moises Saman Abandoned umbrellas inside an elementary school in the town of Namie, six years after the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster. Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. June 5, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman A photograph damaged by sea water during the 2011 tsunami salvaged and kept in the house of Fusa Sugimoto, a resident of Namie. Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. June 7, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman A house damaged by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami remains untouched in the exclusion zone near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in the town of Okuma. Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. (...)
Moises Saman Local business leaders in the town of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, attend a workshop on business ethical management at a local hotel in Minamisoma. Since the summer of 2016, life is slowly ret (...)
Moises Saman Workers involved in the reconstruction efforts along the Fukushima Prefecture coast, in the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster, perform group physical and safety exercises before th (...)
Moises Saman Graffiti written on the wall of an abandoned fish farm near the the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. The earthquake and tsunami caused severe damage to Ok (...)
Moises Saman A cleanup crew of workers collect and remove contaminated radioactive soil from the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, six years after the nuclear disaster. Namie was severely affected by the F (...)
Moises Saman A firefighter from the Futaba Fire Department, in Fukushima Prefecture, lies on the ground playing the role of an injured person during a rescue drill at a firehouse in the town of Futaba. Futaba (...)
Moises Saman A Japanese fighter jet flies low over a shrine and memorial for the citizens that died in the 2011 tsunami. The city of Ishinomaki that was one of the hardest hit during the 2011 tsunami. As of Jun (...)
Moises Saman A cleanup crew of workers collect and remove contaminated radioactive soil from the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, six years after the nuclear disaster. Namie was severely affected by the F (...)
Moises Saman Local volunteers cut the vegetation overgrowth near a contaminated soil storage facility in the town of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture. Iitate suffered from moderate damage from the 2011 Tohoku ea (...)