Researchers in Japan say that children living near the Fukushima nuclear plant have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer at a rate 20 to 50 times that of children in other places. Child cancer rate soars after Fukushima nuclear disaster http://t.co/ICyINhJuwD pic.twitter.com/maiQB4Ncoa — TorontoStar (@TorontoStar) October 9, 2015 "This is more than expected and emerging faster than expected," lead author Toshihide Tsuda told The Associated Press.