Health checkups for 2 million Fukushima residents to begin

NHK World reports that the first 28,000 of a grand total of 2 million Fukushima residents will begin to have health checkups in coming days. However, only about 10% will be subjected to more rigorous testing by whole body radiation counters at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences near Tokyo, about a 150 mile bus ride away. The rest will be subjected to "dose reconstruction modeling": filling out forms about their lifestyle activities since the beginning of the nuclear catastrophe, which began on March 11th.