Controversial Fukushima statue of child in radiation suit to be removed

The city of Fukushima will remove a statue of a child clad in a protective suit due to criticism that it misleads the public into believing that local people, hit by a nuclear crisis in 2011, need to wear such gear, its mayor said Tuesday."We set up the statue as a symbol of people striving for reconstruction but have come to judge that the statue is not accepted by many citizens," said Mayor Hiroshi Kohata.The city, which erected the 6.2-meter statue dubbed "Sun Child" near JR Fukushima Station on Aug. 3, will stop displaying it as soon as possible and consider what to do with the work of …READ FULL ARTICLE