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Fukushima Businesses Compensation Payments Terminated, Youth Unwilling to Return

Side Note: While the government continues to try to compel people to return to the evacuation zone, they have turned a section of Tomioka into a permanent high level radioactive waste dump. The dump will take anything over 8000 bq/kg in contamination including trash, contaminated plant matter and building rubble from the evacuation zone. This is in addition to the temporary soil dump being built in Futaba and Okuma.
A new plan was announced by TEPCO and the Japanese government that would terminate compensation payments to businesses impacted by the disaster. The plan includes giving businesses a lump sum payment to cover compensation through fiscal 2016. If a business still needs compensation after that date they will need to take up a new fight against TEPCO who said they would consider more payments on a case by case basis.

This cut off times with the government plan to reopen large sections of the evacuation zone even though radiation levels remain unsafe. At the same time they announced the payment cut off they stressed that they would be putting money into “revitalization” efforts in the evacuated areas.

New polling found a majority of younger residents originally from the towns in the evacuation zone have no intention of returning and see themselves living somewhere else as adults.

While the government continues to try to compel people to return to the evacuation zone, they have turned a section of Tomioka into a permanent high level radioactive waste dump.

Sources:
Fukushima youths ready to desert irradiated hometowns, survey finds
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/05/national/fukushima-youths-ready-desert-irradiated-hometowns-survey-finds/#.VXf-AEZZNBS
Ministry to nationalize Fukushima site to bury radioactive waste
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201506060036
Fukushima business owners at a loss over plan to terminate compensation
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201506080034

June 10, 2015 - Posted by dunrenard | Japan | Fukushima continuing