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Ellie Kemp

How many people died in the Fukushima nuclear disaster and Tohoku earthquake?

A new eight-part Netflix drama explores the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan.

Thousands of people had to be evacuated from their homes after the power plant leaked radioactive substances into the air and sea. Eight-parter The Days stars Yakusho Koji as a character modelled after Masao Yoshida, the plant manager at Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

The drama explores the catastrophe from three different points of view - those who put their lives at risk, the government and the corporate organisations. The disaster has been compared to Chernobyl, which happened in the Soviet Union in 1986.

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