KYOTO — A 2024 calendar featuring photos of the people affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been completed by a citizens’ group in Japan. The Chernobyl Children’s Fund, Japan, based in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward, created the calendar with the hope of conveying the reality of children who are trying to thrive amid aftereffects of the nuclear meltdown and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The group has long supported Ukraine’s nuclear disaster victims. The area affected by the Chernobyl disaster has seen residents develop brain tumors, thyroid disease and other illnesses transcending generations. Since 1996, the Chernobyl Children’s Fund has held recreational retreats jointly with a local nongovernmental organization every year. They invite disaster victims and others to a resort…
