Kenichi Hasegawa is a man of conviction.
Unlike most of his fellow Fukushima farmers, Hasegawa never believed a word uttered by the "experts" who repeatedly came to visit his village 40 km from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant after the nuclear catastrophe began and assured residents it would pose little risk to their health.
He stuck to his skepticism and refused to succumb to the complacency that briefly engulfed his hometown of Iitate before it quickly descended into the deserted ghost town that it is today.