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Lying completely untouched since 2011,
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Fukushima is a desolate wasteland. Disaster struck after a magnitude 9 earthquake triggered
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a tsunami that destroyed a power plant, leading to the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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The quake that caused it was strong
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enough to permanently move Japan’s main island, Honshu, two meters east. In the following
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days and weeks, it’s estimated that over 150,000 people were forced to leave the area.
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27-year-old urban explorer Keow Wee Loong, with friends Sherina Yuen and Koji Hari visited
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four towns in Fukushima in June this year.
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The plant has thousands of times more
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radiation than was in the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
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Though they wore gas masks to filter
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the contaminated air, they chose not to wear protective clothing, leaving their skin exposed
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to the potentially harmful environment.
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The trio didn’t just risk dangers
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to their health. To enter the so-called ‘Red Zone’ area, they had to dodge police patrols,
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sneaking in under the cover of night. Whilst on site, Keow found gold, money and other
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valuables still in place. Along with clean washing half removed from machines. They explored
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an empty mall with shops full of merchandise dating back over five years.
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The Malaysian-born photographer wanted
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to explore the devastating effects of the earthquake first hand, and to see the hold
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that nature took five years on. The Tokyo Electrical Power Company Incorporated estimates
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that it will take at least 40 years to complete the clean-up operation.