Yamashita earned nicknames such as “Mr. 100mSV” and “Damashita” (who tricked). Some even compare him with Josef Mengele. Receiving criticism and repellence from people in Fukushima, he stated “leaving or staying Fukushima needs determination.” He explained the meaning of determination as "I do not deny over-protection, but parents shall let their children face difficulties: to judge properly by themselves in times of stress. It is to tell the risk and profit in a gray area with no answer of 〇 and X. Sailing to the ocean without any chart is the meaning of determination". He concluded the situation as “It is an endurance contest between me and people in Fukushima”. Takashi Hirose, writer and anti-nuke activist with Shojiro Akashi, made accusations of criminal negligence against executives of TEPCO and affiliated people including Yamashita in July 2011. From September 11 to September 12, 2011, by the support of the Nippon Foundation, an International Expert Symposium in Fukushima —Radiation and Health Risks – was held and Yamashita was one of the participants. Yamashita's words have gotten attention from overseas. In August, Der Spiegel interviewed the professor and asked questions about his statements. In October 2011, at the German TV-channel ZDF, one of the public channels, Yamashita's comments on radiation were broadcast. On March 11, 2012, the one-year anniversary of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Yamashita spoke to the students, faculty and staff at Khalifa University, UAE. On June 12, more than 1,300 people in Fukushima filed complaints and accused 33 people, including Yamashita. In February 2013, Yamashita informed Nature by email that he would quit his post as the head of Fukushima prefecture's massive survey at the end of March. Yamashita was chosen to be the tenth Warren K. Sinclair Keynote Speaker at the 49th Annual Meeting of the NCRP to be held March 11 and 12, 2013. See also Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Takashi Nagai Nippon Foundation Chernobyl disaster Thyroid neoplasm References External links Nagai Takashi Memorial International Hibakusha Medical Center Japan Thyroid Association 21st-century Japanese physicians Japanese Roman Catholics 20th-century Japanese physicians Academic staff of Nagasaki University 1952 births Living people