Free Speech Radio News interviews Aileen Mioko Smith about Fukushima Daiichi nuclear catastrophe

Aileen Mioko Smith of Green Action JapanEight months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, thousands of people - including children - remain in contaminated areas and citizens groups continue to push the government to assist in evacuations and clean up.

A new study out this week from the National Academy of Science warns that soil samples in the northeast of the country show unsafe levels of radiation for farming and on Thursday, Japan said it was restricting rice exports from Fukushima after grain was found to contain radioactive contamination higher than safety levels.

For more, we go to Kyoto, Japan to speak with Aileen Mioko Smith. She’s the executive director of Green Action Japan, a citizens group that has been monitoring the issue since the Fukushima disaster began in March this year.