Japan Firm ‘Told Workers to Lie’ About Radiation Dose

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19. This is not just a matter of money

The building subcontractor who was responsible for this is located in a town called Namie that was partially evacuated due to the disaster. In all likelihood, the employees were residents of the local area. This town Namie has been particularly hard-hit by the disaster, struggling to keep going amidst extreme adversity. No doubt receiving an income in a place whose economy has been devastated was part of the reason why only some of the workers refused. But given that this is Japan, and given the reputation for being tough survivors that the people in that part of Japan have, I can well imagine that a lot of those workers went along because they wanted to try to do something, anything, (in this case, clean up from the nuclear accident) that would help their town to recover from this disaster.