The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant site is still the subject of intense debate by scholars, NGOs and international organisations as it is the most serious nuclear accident since the Chernobyl event of 1986. Much has been written about this accident. The literature concerning the Fukushima nuclear accident, however, is mainly divided into two main categories. The first group predominantly evaluates the risks posed by the accident as a threat to environmental safety. The second group of studies has addressed the human factor, investigating the impacts of the accident on public health. However, academic debates over the Fukushima Nuclear Accident do not go very far in explaining the precise relationship between human rights and the environmental impact of nuclear accidents. By taking an environmental human rights approach to nuclear energy studies, this book provides novel empirical findings that human rights violations in connection with the Fukushima Nuclear Accident are evident in Japan.