The statue of a child clad in a protective suit set up near a train station in northeastern Japan's Fukushima Prefecture has sparked criticism that it gives the impression that residents need such gear after the 2011 nuclear crisis.The 6.2-meter statue called Sun Child was made by contemporary artist Kenji Yanobe to express his wish for a world free from nuclear disasters. The statue indicates the surrounding air is "clean" as the child is holding its helmet in its hand and a radiation counter on its chest reads "000."Yanobe apologized on his website Friday for "discomforting" some people w…READ FULL ARTICLE
