Dokuyama akasarudza kusiya basa rake ndokuva muimbi pashure peGreat East Japan Earthquake ya2011
uye kuparadzwa kwaro kwenyukireya kwakaparadza taundi rokumusha kwake muFukushima Prefecture. Akaona mifananidzo yakawanda ichibudiswa pamusoro penjodzi iri mudunhu reTōhoku, asi akanzwa kuti pakanga pasina manzwi mazhinji evanyori chaiwo kubva kuFukushima achipa nhoroondo yacho. Dokuyama akataura kuti akanga achida kuva muimbi kubvira kukoreji, uye mumashure mekuitika kwenjodzi ya2011 akanzwa kuti aifanira kubvisa hupenyu hwake se "muranda wekambani" umo zviroto nehupenyu hwevashandi zvakagadziriswa nekuda kwemakambani nemagariro. Iye "akanzwa kuti chinhu chiri chose chaakanga adzidziswa chakanga chiri nhema", uye akasarudza kutanga patsva chose chose pasi pezita idzva rokuti Dokuyama Bontaro. Akapihwa zita remuimbi neshamwari yake muimbi Kazama Sachiko, aine mavara eDokuyama (毒山) anoreva 'gomo rine chepfu' mukukudza kwaakaberekerwa uye Bontarō (凡太朗) achireva Bontarō Saikawa, zita remunyori weanarchist uye muimbi wemanga Katsura Mochizuki.