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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Chornobyl survivor on musical mission

The Japan Times Online recently published a touching story about Ukrainian opera singer Oksana Stepanyuk, 28.

[She] not only sings as a way to help people suffering in the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, but also for the sake of her own healing.

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Since being invited by a church group in 2003, Stepanyuk has stayed in Japan, performing at numerous charity concerts to support the disaster survivors while making a living as a professional musician.

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