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| Oishinbo: The main character having nose bleeding after visiting Fukushima #censorship is on the way. Ref: "Japan Forced to Talk About Fukushima After Nosebleed Comic" |
by Melanie Pawlyszyn, EcoWatch,
6 June 2014
Recent additions of the Japanese manga (comics) called Oishinbo published in the weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine depict characters suffering from nosebleeds after visiting the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. This was part of an attempt by the author Kariya Tetsu to shed light on the grim reality that Fukushima citizens still face.
Despite the author’s sincere intention to tell the truth about the ongoing crisis in Fukushima, the magazine’s publisher, Shogakukan Inc., received a flood of criticism from politicians at the national and local level.
Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara “underscored the importance of keeping unfounded rumors in check [and] that doctors with special knowledge have denied a causal relationship between exposure to radiation after the nuclear accident and nosebleeds,” theYomiuri Shimbun reported on May 10.
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