An original audio drama series from the BBC World Service, Fukushima tells the story

of the 2011 disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

We lose the Daiichi plant, then we lose Japan as we know it.

Listen to the series now by searching for Fukushima wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

Hello, I'm James Reynolds.

Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.

We bring together people from around the world to discuss how major events affect their

lives.

This time, it's conversations with people with long COVID.

I imagine many of you feel that COVID-19 is something you would like to put right to

the back of your mind.

Well, the World Health Organization has said that COVID no longer represents a global health

emergency, but there are those who continue to suffer.

It's not the same as if you take a nap.

You'll be recharged after it's kind of like a battery that only charges to about 60%.

But it says it's 100%, and then it drains very fast.

And you don't know how long it will take to recharge each time.

Three years ago, we launched OS conversations as a space for people around the world to

come together to share their experiences of coronavirus.

For more than a year, we discussed little else.

But eventually, it felt as though life and global attention was largely moving on.

And we reflected that.

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