and all the good memories that go along with them. >> reporter: yamada videotaped her home. she wanted to show her children what had become of it. yamada and her husband will stand by what they found when they opened their door. floors were were littered with their belongings. some kind of animal had scratched the floors. dust covered everything. but their old piano was exactly as it was. their children used to spend hours practicing. ♪ local government groups checked their piano for radiation and then they took it back to their apartment. then she showed them what had become of their old place. >> translator: elderly people say they want to return soon, but for me, considering the children's health and our jobs, i cannot even imagine going home. >> reporter: the japanese government hopes its decontamination work will encourage evacuees to return home. but many like the yamadas say what they this is gone. they want to start again somewhere else. hiroki yajima, nhk world. >>> diplomats from japan are trying to reassure europeans that japanese food is safe. the european union