Rare Pokemon planted in Fukushima to lure tourists back; catch a Pokemon in the game, get radiation poisoning in real life

Japanese government officials have partnered with Niantic, the maker of the blockbuster smartphone game Pokemon Go, in an effort to try and draw tourists back into regions affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdowns.
Niantic has agreed to highly appealing Pokemon Go attractions in the Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were all affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It has also agreed to do the same in Kumamoto prefecture, in the country’s south, which suffered from several large earthquakes in April.’
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