Another example of Japanese ignorance about radiation, an elementary student, who evacuated from the radiation zone, has been labeled a ‘hibakusha’, and bullied in a public park.

No one stopped it, but an anonymous caller reported it to the Funabashi school board.  School board officials suggested that the bullying by the students was brought on by the fears of their parents.  The school board also demanded that their students be kind to the evacuees.

Hibakusha is a term originally applied to survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, by the U.S., during World War 2.  It’s a negative term, and you’re treated like a Leper (someone with Leprosy).