Background: On 11 March 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake followed by a powerful
tsunami hit the Pacific Coast of Northeast Japan and damaged Tokyo Electric Power
Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, causing a radiation hazard in
Fukushima Prefecture. The objective of this report is to describe some results of a
questionnaire-based pregnancy and birth survey conducted by the Radiation Medical
Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey. Materials and Methods …

Residents in Fukushima are still suffering from the catastrophe caused by the Great East
Japan Earthquake, which was followed by a powerful tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Plant accident. Furthermore, another type of damage was the created by the
nuclear accident in the form of 'fuhyohigai', which is defined as economical, psychological
and political damage attributed to baseless rumors or confused public anxiety under
extreme disasters of this scale. It is for this reason that in the opinions of some, much more …