The Wider Image: The man who saves forgotten cats in Fukushima's nuclear zone
An aerial view shows Sakae Kato's house standing close to a field which is being decontaminated in a restricted zone in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, February 21, 2021. Kato looks after 41 cats in his home and another empty building on his property. A decade ago, Kato stayed behind to rescue cats abandoned by neighbours who fled the radiation clouds belching from the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant. He won't leave. "I don't want to leave, I like living in these mountains," Kato said. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Picture taken with a drone. SEARCH "FUKUSHIMA KYUNG-HOON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES