Japanese rockers sing the truth about post-meltdown Fukushima. Is anyone listening? : Japan Subculture Research Center

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JUNE 8, 2013 Two years have passed since the triple meltdown in Fukushima Prefecture in March of 2011. Until then the Japanese fashion subculture was dominated by the so-called “Harajuku Girls,” who became famous after Gwen Stefani’s 2004 solo pop album. However, Japan is slowly developing a post-Fukushima nuclear accident generation of artists and subculture. They aren’t singing about fashion and love; they’re singing about radiation and alienation. Rock and roll is the medium for telling the
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Hanabatakechō-11-3 Onahama Iwaki-shi, Fukushima-ken
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Japanese rockers sing the truth about post-meltdown Fukushima. Is anyone listening? : Japan Subculture Research Center
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JUNE 8, 2013 Two years have passed since the triple meltdown in Fukushima Prefecture in March of 2011. Until then the Japanese fashion subculture was dominated by the so-called “Harajuku Girls,” who became famous after Gwen Stefani’s 2004 solo pop album. However, Japan is slowly developing a post-Fukushima nuclear accident generation of artists and subculture. They aren’t singing about fashion and love; they’re singing about radiation and alienation. Rock and roll is the medium for telling the
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