A community development student has jetted from Ferguslie to Fukushima in a bid to learn more about a recovering region determined to change misconceptions about it.
Terry McTernan, who has long countered the “negative narrative” of Ferguslie Park, spent 13 days in Japan taking part in the Fukushima Ambassadors Programme.
Known around the world for the devastating nuclear explosion – following an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 – Fukushima is today trying to rebuild as part of the ongoing radioactive clean up.