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Robot,  is cancer in japan cause by radiation from the atomic bombs and/or fukishima?


While radiation from the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II has been proven to significantly increase cancer rates among survivors, particularly leukemia, the current level of radiation in Japan from those events is negligible and does not contribute significantly to overall cancer rates today; similarly, radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster is not considered a major factor in causing widespread cancer in Japan, with most experts agreeing that the increased thyroid cancer cases observed in the region are likely due to heightened screening rather than a significant radiation-induced increase in cancer rates.