Netflix's 'Dark Tourist' nuclear episode on the verge of getting sued by Japanese government

The Japanese government officials are considering taking action against Netflix over footage from inside Fukushima, which was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
PUBLISHED SEP 4, 2018

Japan's Reconstruction Agency and Fukushima Prefectural Government are on the verge of taking legal action over an episode of Netflix's 'Dark Tourist,' which showed the place still dealing with the aftermath of the March 2011 triple nuclear meltdown.

This particular episode is the second in the series that was released on the streaming giant on July 20 and follows a New Zealand journalist David Farrier as he visits Japan, with more than half of the program following him on an organized bus tour through areas near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant.

Farrier and the other tourists become concerned as the readings on their Geiger counters show radiation higher than what they were told to expect and what is deemed to be safe. The group eventually decides to cut the tour short but stops by to eat at a restaurant in the area while Farrier leaves the group to enter an off-limit gaming arcade. While at the restaurant, Farrier talks about his concerns about the food being unsafe.

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