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Reconstruction plans drawn up for no-go municipalities near Fukushima plant

On Saturday a panel at the Reconstruction Agency produced a final draft of proposals to help 12 municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture recover from the March 2011 nuclear accident.
The proposals include improving medical services to help the evacuees being forced to return home, developing new industries to create jobs, and beefing up administrative services by getting municipalities to cooperate with each other more closely. The draft declares a goal of completing reconstruction plans by 2020. The municipalities are all located close to the Fukushima nuclear plant, the site of the disaster.
The central government says they will work to secure funding. The central government has also pledged to lift evacuation orders for the 12 municipalities, by March 2017, although areas with “persistently high radiation levels” are excluded from the target. 

Source: Japan Times 

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/26/national/reconstruction-plans-drawn-up-for-no-go-municipalities-near-fukushima-plant/#.VbVNoPmFSM9

July 26, 2015 - Posted by dunrenard | Japan | Evacuees, Fukushima continuing