(July 26, 2016) Pio d’Emilia, Sky TG24 Japan correspondant living in Japan for more than 30 years, was the first foreign journalist to enter the so-called ‘prohibited zone’ and to access the Fukushima nuclear plant, revisiting the first days of the aftermath of the disaster. D’Emilia is the star of a programme this evening in Serramezzana, in the province of Salerno where the festival ‘Segreti d’Autore’ (D’Auteur Secrets) is being hosted. The smallest province in the Cilento area dedicates an entire evening to this catastrophic event and those who are able to tell the story. In the characteristic XX Settembre Square, Pio d’Emilia, 2016 Journalist of the Year, will talk about his three years of reporting on Fukushima’s nuclear plant. It was March 11, 2011 when the 9.0 Sendai earthquake with its epicentre in the sea causing the following Tsunami, hit northern Japan off the coast of the Tohoku region. To this day, it is still the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Japan and seventh in the whole world. The earthquake and tsunami were the cause of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, the greatest ever recorded after Chernobyl. A disaster that, in many ways, has not come to an end. Pio d’Emilia is the only journalist to have reached the gates of the nuclear power plant. His coverage of the event also investigates the people’s outlook on the event in an attempt to define the prospects of a country in need of restoration and that is still under the threat of the nuclear ‘tsunami’’s unpredictable effects. “ I like to write, talk and share about what I see, day after day. How I managed in light of the Fukushima tragedy, an experience that has left a deep mark on me and on which I have also written a book titled ‘Nuclear Tsunami’. In addition to his book, a documentary film recounts Pio d’Emilia’s experience: ‘Fukushima: A nuclear story’. The film was premiered in Japan in May at the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo. (Red)
