Overview
- Fukushima police detained three Ukrainian nationals in Okuma after they appeared in a livestream inside an unoccupied home within the still-restricted area near the Fukushima-1 plant.
- Authorities acted on a citizen tip and used the video to locate the scene before taking the suspects into custody.
- TV Asahi reported that all three admitted to the offense, and the broadcaster aired footage showing the men making tea and examining items in the house.
- NHK identified the detainees as Anatoliy Dybak, 34, Vladyslav Savinov, 29, and Olexander Krukov, 43, describing them as creators who film abandoned and off-limits sites.
- The incident, involving a YouTuber with about 6.5 million subscribers, adds to a pattern of livestream-driven trespass cases in Japan that includes the 2023 arrest of “Johnny Somali.”