Japan nuclear disaster: Fukushima’s fishing industry fears Tokyo’s next move may finish it off


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Fukushima CNN — It is still morning when Kinzaburo Shiga, 77, returns to Onahama port after catching a trawler full of fish off Japan’s eastern coast. But the third-generation fisherman won’t head straight to market. First, he’ll test his catch for radiation. It’s a ritual he’s repeated for more than a decade since a devastating earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in 2011, spewing deadly radioactive particles into the surrounding area. Radiation from the damaged nuclear plant leaked into the sea, prompting authorities to suspend fishing operations off the coast of three prefectures...