I was just watching a program on TV Asahi a few minutes ago that was discussing some of the indirect effects of the on-going nuclear problems. One of the topics was a 64-year-old organic farmer in Sukagawa City, Fukushima (about 50 kilometers from Dai-ichi) who apparently grew despondent after the hydrogen explosion at the reactor site and subsequent restrictions on the sale and harvest of certain Fukushima farm products, including his specialty, cabbage. He had worked for 30 years to build the reputation of his farm and always had orders for his products. Just as he was preparing to harvest and ship his cabbages, the hydrogen explosion occurred at the nuclear complex. According to his son, the farmer cried "That's the end of my farm". On March 24, a day after the restrictions on some Fukushima farm products were put in place, the farmer committed suicide. The son said, "The only explanation for his suicide is the nuclear accident."

Here is an Asahi news item from yesterday (in Japanese) about the farmer's suicide:

http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ann/news/web/htm...