Japan urges Pokemon Go players not to hunt in Fukushima disaster zone

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Japan urges Pokemon Go players not to hunt in Fukushima disaster zone

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Japan has asked the makers of Pokemon go to prevent the animated monsters appearing in the Fukushima disaster zone after at least one was discovered on the site.

They are worried Pokemon hunters will put themselves in danger while playing the game if Pokemon continue to appear on the site of power stations in the area.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) has asked Niantic and the Pokemon Company to stop the collectible characters appearing in or near areas affected by the nuclear reactor meltdown in Fukushima.

This is to help prevent encouraging players to enter dangerous areas.

Tepco said it tested the Fukushima Daiichi plant, the Fukushima Daini plant and the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture and found Pokemon.

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The Fukushima governor, Masao Uchibori said it was not good that people could enter dangerous areas in pursuit of Pokemon and that “the prefectural government will consider how to draw attention to this”.

The city government of Nagasaki has also asked Niantic to remove Pokemon from Nagasaki Peace Park, a memorial to victims of the atomic bombing of the city in 1945 and asked people not to play Pokemon on the site.

Pokemon have been turning up in inappropriate places since the launch of the game.

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A squirtle reportedly showed up on the front line of the war against Isil in Iraq. Former US marine Louis Park shared a photo of his Squirtle encounter on Facebook.

The 26 year-old is volunteering with Dwehk Nawsha, Christian militia who are fighting against Islamic State forces.

The Holocaust Museum in Washington DC has reportedly been attracting some unwelcome visitors in recent days – gamers playing Pokémon Go.

“Playing the game is not appropriate in the museum, which is a memorial to the victims of Nazism,” said museum spokesman Andrew Hollinger in an interview with the Washington Post.

"We are trying to find out if we can get the museum excluded from the game.”

Pokemon have also turned up in court, and at various memorial sites around the world.

Source: http://nr.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=4&articleid=69530202
 
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