> On the field of the reclaimed land, members of the Association have enshrined small stone statues of Buddha and other deities, including ‘Totoro,’ as a special Minamata deity for deceased children and other young lives lost.

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Life-world: Beyond Fukushima and Minamata

Key words: Fukushima, Minamata, World RiskSociety, nuclear disaster, modernity, environmental ethics, connectedness,spirituality, soul, life-world, Ulrich Beck, Ogata Masato 1. Introduction German soc

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