All language subtitles for M.P.S01E03.1080p.WEB.h264-BAWD_track3_[eng]

(dramatic music)

NARRATOR:
Here we are in Kennesaw, Georgia,

A quiet town
in the southeast of the USA,

roughly 40 kilometres from Atlanta,
with about 30,000 inhabitants.

For the last 30 years
a very special experiment

has been taking place here.

All the inhabitants have
to be armed...by law.

- All my friends have guns here.

It's kinda known that Kennesaw
is a gun-toting city...for sure.

- And I think it just makes it
a safer place.

I'm not out, flaunting my guns,
or those kinds of thing.

But I just believe, you know,
that it's a deterrent.

NARRATOR: So who lives in Kennesaw,

a town where guns
are carried openly,

even in bars,
schools or while shopping?

The Woods family have invited us
to their home.

Both parents grew up here, and
a year ago had their child here.

Father, Brian, works in IT,

and always has his 9mm pistol
by his side.

- There's an old saying, that "I'd
rather have it and never need it,

"than need it and not have it."

That's kind of...
I believe they probably stop

ore incidents than they start,
you know

But, yeah, I do feel safer..
We live in dangerous times.

You hear on the radio there's so
much stuff that happens daily.

NARRATOR: In this gun-crazed town

this is a completely normal
way of thinking,

and we will hear it again
and again.

Because he wants to protect
his family,

the 38-year-old has a lot more
than just a pistol.

What we get to see in his cellar
is a real arms depot.

There are tons of ammunition
and four assault rifles.

This is completely legal in
Kennesaw and also very common.

Brian is a real gun lover

who passionately cares
for his "babies."

But he is not the only gun-crazed
person in the family.

His wife Kim has also been shooting
since she was a child.

- I keep it in the house with me.

Usually, if I'm downstairs
in my house, I have it there.

If I go upstairs,
it goes upstairs with me.

Um...I'm a stay-at-home mom.

I have small direct-sales job
on the side.

But me and my son
are at home all day,

and a lot of times now on the news
you hear about home invasions,

stay-at-home moms.
That's a concern of mine.

NARRATOR: But gun law in Kennesaw
is from 1982.

At this time the crime rate
and gun control were heated topics.

Therefore a small town in Illinois
banned gun ownership completely.

And as a reaction to this
the town council in Kennesaw,

a very conservative town, decided
to make gun ownership compulsory.

But there are exceptions.

If all residents were forced
to own firearms,

this would be against
the US Constitution.

Our next stop is a very interesting
shop on the main road.

It is run by one of the
co-initiators of the gun law...

..the 80-year-old Dent Myers,

and he sells - what else? -
all kinds of guns.

Even incredibly old ones
from the civil war.

And these souvenirs:

T-shirts, baseball caps

that say
"It's the law in Kennesaw".

- Everybody poo-pooed us.

They said there would be blood
running on the streets, shoot-outs.

It was fun and games for a while,

and then they found out
how it actually affected everybody.

So, everybody kind of said,
"Well, we can do that."

NARRATOR: Yes, in this town there is
lots of pride for this unique law.

- I think that's very cool.
I am all about it.

I have multiples at my home and I
have one that I keep in my vehicle.

- So, you have a firearm
in your car right now?

- I do.
- Will you show it to me?

- You don't mind showing me?
- No.

NARRATOR:
Even this is completely legal here.

It is possible to have a gun on you
at all times.

MAN: I have a concealed permit.

- I am allowed to conceal it.
- Yeah.

Yeah. But if you open it up here...

- Responsible gun owner.
- Wow.

- You can see it is unloaded.

This is serrated.

It has a wax centre,
so when it enters somebody,

it's gonna do maximum damage.

I don't want to have
to shoot twice, basically.

NARRATOR: Thanks to the law, about
90 % of the residents of Kennesaw

own a firearm, but does this really
make the town safer?

What do the police
think about this?

Officer Kieffer takes us
out with him on patrol.

- You may want to think twice
before you enter someone's home

in the city of Kennesaw
to harm that family.

Because they may own a firearm
and be trained with that weapon.

If I was a criminal,
common sense would tell me

that I'm going into a city
where the majority of the people

own firearms
and train with firearms.

And if I go into that home there's
a possibility I'm gonna get shot at.

I may think twice
and go to the next city over.

NARRATOR:
So, the police, too, believes

in the deterrent hypothesis.

But the truth is that in the whole
state of Georgia

the crime rate has dropped
in the past few years,

without compulsory gun laws
for citizens.

Our question
is if the gun legislation

could not become a problem.

REPORTER: If you're go on a call
and there's domestic violence,

do you worry that there might be
guns in the house?

That's always
in the back of my mind.

I presume with every call
there to be

a situation of violence
with a firearm,

regardless of going to a home
or not.

Most people that own firearms own
'em for a law-abiding reason.

NARRATOR:
Just like the Woods family,

who shouldn't really have to be
concerned about violent crime.

In this affluent town
there is almost no crime,

and it’s been like this
since before

the gun ownership law
was introduced. Statistically,

it is far more dangerous to keep
weapons in the house with children.

Just like
the family's one-year-old son.

- I am not gonna hide it
from my son.

I will let him know
that these are tools,

no different from than a hammer
or an axe.

I wouldn't give him an axe,
it's just as dangerous.

I'll take him out shooting a gun
like that

probably when he's five
to six years old,

somewhere in that age range.

NARRATOR: Like every week,

the family is on their way
to the shooting range.

There are four of these ranges
in the Kennesaw area,

and even on a Monday evening
it is very busy.

It is very clear
that in this gun-crazed town

there are many shooting enthusiasts
like Brian and Kim.

The shop next door sells about
150 handguns and rifles per week.

Business is booming,
and the market seems

not to have been saturated yet.

One hour of shooting costs $15,

and you have to bring your own
ammunition and weapons.

But here, of course, most people
have them at home anyway.

Brian's son is watching from
outside,

and he's already gotten
used to the noise.

Dad's favourite gun to shoot is his
self-built, $3,000 assault rifle.

(gunshot)

(gunshot)

(gunshot)

NARRATOR: After a few rounds,
it's Mum's turn.

But, of course, she chooses
to use her own pistol.

The 32-year-old grew up
in "gun city"

and has been shooting
since she was a child.

So it's no surprise;
three shots, three bullseyes.

(gunshot)

- Yeah, family time for us
is shooting together.

My mom, my dad, my sister,

my brother-in-law,
my sister's kids, you know,

my son eventually one day,
we'll all shoot as a family

For us,
that's how we spend quality time.

NARRATOR: An interesting fact,
the name Kennesaw derives

from the Cherokee language
and means..."graveyard."

We are travelling on to
our next mysterious destination,

which lies in Ethiopia.

Dazzling colours
and surreal formations,

the Dallol, a fascinating display
of nature that only happens here,

a mysterious and dangerous place
in the salt desert of Ethiopia.

We're meeting Yirga, our guide
for the next couple of days.

Without a knowledgeable local
and plenty of water,

shooting in the desert
would be impossible.

YIRGA: Yes, very good, very good.

NARRATOR: With 140 litres of water
in the trunk,

there's hardly any space left
for our equipment.

Yirga is 33 years old

and has been guiding tourists
to the salt plains for years.

This region in the northeast
of Ethiopia is his home.

We also have two drivers
and a cook with us.

- You're a good cook.
- Yes.

NARRATOR: "Complicated"
could be the correct word.

As part of the preparation, we had
to get lots of different permits

so that we'd be allowed to shoot
in the desert.

Our journey to the Gateway
To Hell begins in Mekele

in northern Ethiopia.

From here the Dallol
is 174 kilometres away.

This doesn't sound like much,

but in Africa this can easily
become an adventurous journey.

We should reach our first stop,
Berhale, in about two hours.

With each kilometre behind us
the landscape becomes more barren

and the temperatures are rising.

It's no surprise that soon
we bump into some camels

which are the most important mode
of transport for the locals.

We've reached the small
town of Berhale

which is really more of a village,
but it has its own chief of police.

NARRATOR: The tourists are the most
important source of income here.

The chief of police seems
to have taken this to heart

and suddenly wants more money
than previously arranged.

A policeman has to accompany all
tourists going into the desert.

But, of course, this service
is not free of charge.

Here this is a lot of money.

20 euros is almost
the average monthly wage.

Then on the right-hand side
we see the Erta Ale

an active volcano.

It is very significant
for the desert.

YIRGA: Try to park.

NARRATOR: Here we see a nomad
village by the side of the road.

These people make their money
with tourists, too.

For the next two days,
this will be our base camp.

Simple huts are very typical
for the region

as everyone sleeps there
or outside under the stars.

This mysterious place,
with its vivid colours,

is right in the middle
of the salt desert.,

1,200 square kilometres of salt.

But how did this vast plain
come to exist?

This area lies below sea level

and is close to the Red Sea,

which has flooded the region
multiple times

in the past thousands of years.

The extreme heat then
evaporated all the water

and all that was left was the salt.

And this is where we want to go.

This part of the region
is called Dallol,

but the locals call it
the Gateway To Hell.

Acid splutters from the ground

and temperatures
of up to 60 degrees are common;

One of the most extreme places
on Earth,

dangerous and fascinating.

On this journey you are sometimes
even faced with obstacles

that weren't there a few days ago.

Like this lake, for example.

- Wow.

NARRATOR: The ground is so salty

that even rainwater
turns into salt water.

The desert is flooded
about every four months,

and all the tracks
in the ground vanish.

This is very dangerous

as the drivers can then easily
lose their way.

So we head back to the base camp

in the hope that tomorrow
the water will be gone.

It is the next morning.
In order to avoid

the sweltering midday heat
we're heading off early.

We have a two-hour drive
ahead of us

but only a couple of kilometres
are between us and the Dallol.

Even if, after the heavy rainfalls
the water hasn't gone completely,

we still want to try our luck.

At walking pace we start making
our way towards the Dallol.

To be honest, this is
quite an absurd sight.

We are in the middle of the desert

and are driving through clear,
calm water.

Then we can see the first sheets
of salt on the ground.

Some of them
are multiple metres thick,

but in other places they are
so thin that we could fall through.

The salt desert,
a fascinating sight.

Around us, nothing but salt.

But even this area is inhabited...
by nomads -

the Afar.
The salt is their livelihood.

Yirga takes us to meet them.

NARRATOR:
The Nomads have been living

and working in this region
for hundreds of years.

With an axe they break large
blocks out of the ground.

These salt plates are broken down
by the men

and then sold at market
as table salt.

NARRATOR: Because of middlemen
the price rises again.

In the capital Addis Ababa one salt
plate already costs two euros.

For transporting the heavy salt
plates the Afar use their camels.

How hard is the work
at around 40 degrees?

NARRATOR: With primitive tools
the Afar manage to shape

almost every salt block
to the exact desired shape.

- Good? No good?

- Good? No good?
- Good, good, good.

NARRATOR: Backbreaking work,
but the Afar do this daily...

in the desert...

..at up to over 40 degrees, in the
glaring sun, with no shade at all.

For us our journey continues
on the crusty salt plains

that are sometimes
as sharp as razors.

This is quite a hazard
for the tyres.

NARRATOR: The hard sharp salt

has cut the tyre
of our support vehicle,

so the soldiers quickly
become the car mechanics.

Here in the desert it is often
necessary to improvise.

But we don't want to lose any time
and carry on with just one car.

The security has to come with us,
so they have to sit on the roof.

After just a few metres,
the next surprise.

Yirga shows us one
of the lowest points in Africa.

This basin is 160 metres
below sea level,

and volcanic activity in the area
makes this liquid,

consisting of salt water,
sulphur and potassium carbonate.

We now have a 45-minute walk
ahead of us...all uphill.

And the temperature has
now reached 44 degrees.

- Let's go.

NARRATOR: Loaded up with water
bottles and the camera equipment

we begin our ascent.

Behind this hill we are supposed

to finally find the Dallol
and its vivid colours.

Past surreal salt formations,

we make our way
in this dangerous terrain.

One of the first signs.

A bubbling spring between
two broken salt plates.

The cavernous ground
is treacherous.

But it was all worth its while.

We have arrived at our destination.

In the basin the heat builds up.

The smell of sulphur lies
in the air.

A sea of colour
that only exists here.

An absolutely unique place.

And this is how
this phenomenon occurs.

This region has been flooded
by the Red Sea over and over again.

Underneath the surface of the Earth

the ground water
comes in contact with hot magma

and is pushed upwards
out of the ground.

At the surface the water evaporates
and only leaves the salt behind.

While the water is transported
upwards through the Earth,

it washes minerals
out of the volcanic stone,

and this is the reason for the
vivid colours and the acrid acids.

NARRATOR: So that's definitely
not a good idea, then.

Nevertheless,
this place is still fascinating.

Scientists once tried to determine
the acidity levels,

but the measuring devices couldn't
display the figures anymore.

Despite this,
some companies still tried

to commercially extract minerals
from the ground here.

In the distance
we can see derelict houses

and steel constructions that
are witnesses to their failure.

In the 1960s multiple firms wanted
to mine for potassium carbonate,

which is a main component
in fertilisers,

but the surrounding conditions were
too harsh and they gave up again.

This is also the place where the
official heat record was measured

that hasn't been beaten
to this day.

It lies at a consistent temperature
of 43 degrees Celsius

during the day
and during the night.

We, too, are leaving the Dallol,

one of the most extreme
and mysterious places on Earth.

From Ethiopia
we are travelling on to Myanmar.

This mysterious place is probably

the most unusual oil field
in the world.

And it is extremely dangerous.

(speaks own language)

NARRATOR: And all this
just for a few drops of crude oil.

Today is Mya Gyi’s big day.

NARRATOR: This is the Minhla
region in central Myanmar.

It is a poor region

where agriculture
is the main source of income.

But a few soldiers of fortune
are on the hunt for the big bucks

and are searching for oil.

It is backbreaking work

for the almost 10,000 oil hunters

that haul one of the most important
commodities out of the ground,

almost purely by hand.

Mya Gyi only lives a few hundred
feet away from the oil field

in his little hut that he shares
with eight other workers.

A year ago he moved here in order
to follow his dream

of becoming an oil hunter, and
today his dream could come true.

(speaks own language)

NARRATOR: Mya Gyi himself has worked
his way up from a simple worker

to an independent oil hunter,

and now has eight employees.

Together with them he lives,
sleeps and eats here.

To date Mya Gyi hasn't made
the big oil find yet,

but this could change soon.

NARRATOR:
Today is the day he finds out

if his latest drilling endeavour
was successful.

While his employees are already
going over to the drilling tower,

Mya Gyi has to go
to his old oil well.

But it isn't a very lucrative one.

He can only collect oil once a day
after it has gathered over night.

NARRATOR: A simple but ingenious
method to collect oil.

Mya Gyi's most important tool -
a motor that operates the winch.

(motor sputters into life)

NARRATOR: The special thing about
the region surrounding Minhla

is that while crude oil reservoirs
are usually hundreds of metres

beneath the ground,

here the black gold lies just
150 metres beneath the surface.

Down there Mya Gyi's plastic pipe
fills up with ground water

and crude oil.

He then separates it
by hand at the surface.

This method of oil production
carries quite a risk,

as crude oil contains carcinogenic
substances such as benzene.

(speaks own language)

NARRATOR: Every drop is valuable
and worth money.

While Mya Gyi is collecting his oil
pipe by pipe,

100 metres away his workers are
drilling a new well for their boss.

For Mya Gyi a new well carries
substantial financial risk.

He had to pay $600
to the private land owner in order

to be allowed to drill
in this area,

and his employees cost him
another $350.

He has spent all this money
without even knowing

if there will be any oil
in the ground.

In his head Mya Gyi has almost
reached his goal,

because all around the drill hole
a layer of oil has begun to form.

Environmental protection
is not a big concern here.

A few times a day private
oil traders come to the field

to collect the full barrels.

After three days of drilling,
it is finally time.

The well is finished, but every
drill is luck of the draw.

In total,
Mya Gyi has already lost $6,000

through unsuccessful projects.

But he has made the same amount of
money through productive oil wells.

On the basis of the soil
that is stuck to the drill head,

Mya Gyi collects clues as
to whether he has struck oil.

(speaks own language)

NARRATOR: Mya Gyi is thrilled.

If he strikes oil today,

he won't have any
financial problems for a while.

Through the holes in the conveyor
pipe the oil and ground water

will later flow into the well.

Despite all the risks,
a job in the oilfields

is by far the best-paid job
in the region,

and well owners like Mya Gyi

can technically make
hundreds of dollars every day.

In comparison to that, the average
income per capita in Myanmar

is about $900 per year.

Mya Gyi does not only have a lot of
responsibility towards his family,

but also to his workers.
If a new well fails,

he cannot immediately
employ them again

because he doesn't have
the money to do so.

This is the reason
for the high hopes

that everybody puts into each well.

More and more ground water
is spouting from the hole,

but no sign of any oil yet.

Hours pass, and still...

...just water.

(speaks own language)

NARRATOR: Mya Gyi tries
to keep his spirits up.

But his team are suspecting
that this is a bad sign.

The oil is so impure that he
won't be able to separate it

from the water and mud.

From his experience Mya Gyi knows
that he hasn't struck oil,

if, even after hours of work,
he can't extract

any pure oil from the ground.

NARRATOR: Mya Gyi makes
the only valid decision

for himself and his team;
he closes the hole.

Now he only has to deliver the news
to the workers.

They haven't found any oil, and the
past day’s work was for nothing.

Although, of course,
they are getting paid

the employees
are extremely disappointed.

NARRATOR:
And so the search continues

in the mysterious oil fields
of Myanmar.

Fukushima. In 2011, a reactor
accident occurred here

in the local power plant.

A nuclear catastrophe
with serious consequences.

For most it is still a mystery
as to how life

continues here after the disaster.

- This park is decontaminated
It's officially clean.

(dog barks)

NARRATOR: Abandoned pets...

..fear of radioactively
contaminated food...

..and concern about the long-term
effects of the catastrophe.

- We have to continue examining
the radioactive contamination.

- WOMAN: Why?
- Why?

Because food...some food
was still contaminated.

NARRATOR: A life in cramped
emergency shelters.

(speaks Japanese)

NARRATOR: Since the tragedy of
Chernobyl, we know that the effect

on the residents where such
a catastrophe has occurred

lasts for many years.

Here in Tokyo everything seems
as if nothing had happened,

but what is the situation
outside of the capital?

The city Koriyama lies
in the prefecture of Fukushima,

and is about 60 kilometres
away from the reactor

where the accident occurred.

The contamination was especially
severe there in 2011.

Once we have arrived in Koriyama,

we notice measuring devices
in multiple places.

These machines measure
the radioactivity in the area,

and at the moment
they are giving the all clear.

All the readings
are within the norm.

But how is this possible
after what happened?

Radiation expert Joe Moross
is sceptical

about these measuring instruments.

He has asked us to meet him
in this public park,

so that he can show us
these benches.

(Geiger counter clicks)

NARRATOR:
According to Joe's Geiger counter,

they are heavily contaminated.

The measuring results skyrocket.

- The company that was
meant to decontaminate the park

was hired to the stones and the
sidewalks, but not the benches.

The benches are controlled
by a different city department,

and they would have to hire a crew
to clean the wood or change it.

NARRATOR: Joe Moross knows
exactly what he is talking about.

The engineer has been living
and working in Japan for 25 years

and is an expert in the field
of radiation measurement.

But why are
the official Geiger counters

showing normal levels of radiation?

- They are pretty accurate and when
we put our sensor next to them,

the readings agree,
but if you nearby,

you find sometimes
a different reading

because the places they put these
are where they have cleaned up.

(Geiger counter clicks)

NARRATOR: It is not life threatening
to sit on these benches once.

Therefore it is possible for Joe
to work with just his bare hands,

but if one was exposed
to this level of radiation

for a prolonged period of time,

it would have a serious effect
on your health.

The engineer doesn't trust the
official bodies in Japan anymore,

so he and his team have developed
an affordable Geiger counter

for private use.

The idea behind this is for people

to measure the radiation in their
homes or to attach it to their cars

and collect data
while running their daily errands.

The collected data is then
uploaded, and by doing this,

a contamination map is created,

which is independent
from the official data provided

and much more accurate, too.

- The government put out information
for Tokyo and Fukushima

but I live in Chiba, and there was
no information for my city,

so I started measuring myself.

And then we found out that
everybody wanted to know

not what the reading was nearby
or in their city,

they wanted to know what
the reading was at their house

or in their street
where they're walking.

NARRATOR: Joe Moross takes us
to the ghost town of Minamisoma,

which is located about
20 kilometres from the reactor.

We arrive in the ghost town.

Up until November 2013,
this was a locked-off, no-go zone.

But now the radioactivity levels
have sunk to a level

that makes it possible to spend
a couple of hours here.

Everywhere it is possible to see
how rapidly

the people had to escape.

They had to leave all their
belongings behind,

and have, to this day, for fear of
radioactive contamination,

not retrieved them.

This restaurant was additionally
destroyed by the earthquake.

The fridge is still full
of food supplies.

In this pre-school we find
a calendar

from the day that time stood still.

It was 11th March, 2011.

It is no surprise that the people
in Fukushima,

even outside the evacuation zone,
are worried,

especially for the wellbeing
of their children.

There are too many
opposing opinions

about the effects
of the reactor accident.

In this hospital
children from the region

are regularly checked for
radioactive contamination for free

and, if need be, also treated.

One of these children is Toshiya

who has come to the hospital
with his pre-school teacher.

The nurse measures
the radioactivity on the skin

and on the hair
with a special Geiger counter.

But she finds no increased
levels of radioactivity.

This means that Toshiya
has not been in contact

with contaminated materials.

But the risk of this happening
is ever present.

But there
is another hazard lurking:

severe cell damage by consuming
radioactively contaminated food.

And this is why the little boy
has to spend four minutes

in this so-called baby scan,

which was especially designed
for testing children.

So that it is easier to lie still,

Toshiya is allowed
to play on the computer.

And it seems to be working.
The high-tech machine performs

a so-called gamma spectroscopy.
Luckily,

the results are normal.

- We have performed over
50,000 examinations,

and maybe er...
one third are children.

Half a year after the disaster,

when we started
looking at the issues,

we found that people in this area
were exposed to radiation.

The detection rate
of radioactive materials

showed a clear decline.

But we have to continue to
examine the level of contamination.

WOMAN: Why?
- Why?

Because the food...some food
was still contaminated.

NARRATOR: Radioactivity in food
is a daunting topic.

How dangerous is the food here?

The production and sales ban
on food from Fukushima

has been loosened now,

but the information for the public
is, as always, contradictory.

We buy some products
from the region

and hand them in to a laboratory.

Here,
the public can hand in their food

and get it tested free of charge.

With this special device,
the Atomtex,

the amount of radiation in the food
is determined.

For the test we have to cut up
some of the products.

A standard examination just from
the outside with a Geiger counter

is not sufficient
when it comes to food.

The next day
we get the results back.

None of the purchased items showed

any signs
of radioactive contamination.

(speaks Japanese)

NARRATOR: We are left
with an uncomfortable feeling.

Especially regarding the fish,

with it being one of
the main staple foods in Japan.

There are often reports that
radioactively-contaminated water

from the reactor
spills into the sea.

What the long-term effects will be
is impossible to say at the moment.

Back to Joe Moross in
the ghost town of Minamisoma.

The engineer has to check
the sensor

that his team has placed here
to measure radioactivity.

Joe doesn't trust the readings
provided by official bodies.

The equipment seems to have failed
and is sending false information.

Joe immediately discovers what
the reason for the problem is.

(sensor bleeps)

- We wanted to make
sure that the sensor is working

and it wasn't
that something had blocked it

or that an animal
had chewed through the wires.

But it's clear, now that I am here,

that all this snow is so thick
that it's covering the ground

and shielding the radiation and
making the reading a bit lower.

NARRATOR: On our way back to the car
we meet a human being, after all.

Builders are tearing down

a radioactively-contaminated
building.

We are told that wood isn't as easy
to clean as stone, for example.

The contaminated waste is taken
out of the city by the lorry load.

At the moment, the Japanese
government is planning

to permanently block off
one of the ghost towns

and store all
of the polluted waste there.

The owners of this furniture
took everything outside

to be collected, but it seems as
if half way through they gave up.

- I have seen families where

the father wanted
to take everything with them,

and the mother was, like, "No, leave
it behind. We've got to go."

"Let's just leave."

It's a very dynamic situation
when you're evacuating.

And some people want
to keep their things,

but they want to go,
and they're torn.

NARRATOR:
We are visiting the Endo family,

who experienced
exactly this situation.

They, too, had to flee
from the radioactive radiation.

They have been living
in an emergency shelter for years,

and for the parents everything
is about their children.

The father doesn't
want to be filmed.

He is ashamed because
of the cramped living conditions.

(speaks Japanese)

NARRATOR:
The Endo family were very unlucky.

They lived just outside
the official evacuation zone

and were therefore not able
to get compensation

from the reactor’s owner Tepco.

All the others in the settlement
at least get

a monthly payment of euros
as recompense.

(speaks Japanese)

NARRATOR: 160,000 Japanese people
had to leave their homes

after the reactor catastrophe,
and a large proportion of them

are still waiting to be rehoused
into real homes.

But the authorities don’t want
to set an official time frame

on when this will happen.

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