Hometown Stories

Season 8, Episode 9

Episode Title: Stories of Fukushima: Giving Their All

Air Date: 2019-03-24

Overview:

A young man from Fukushima Prefecture took his love of baseball to Nicaragua, where he helped create the country's first female baseball team. An 81-year-old who lives in Fukushima works every day growing vegetables, and helping neighbors with everything from carpentry to plumbing. After the March 2011 nuclear disaster, another man opened a Tokyo restaurant specializing in Fukushima's seafood and other delicacies, to support the prefecture. These are the stories of 3 unsung heroes with ties to Fukushima who have touched many people's lives.