The Principal of Minami Fukushima Nursery

While she'd prefer that her 165 young pupils were moved away from the radiation, Ms Tanji continues to run her school in Minami Fukushima as best she can under the circumstances. Like many other areas in Fukushima City, her school was too contaminated for it to be safe for children, but following a community decontamination effort she has been able to keep operating.

Recently, the government finally sent the school a poster with advice for children on how to play safely outdoors. The children are advised to avoid water in gutters or on grass, and happy children on the poster explain how they dust themselves off to make sure contamination doesn't come inside. Ms Tanji was not surprised that this is all the help and information the government has provided.