Evacuation Order to be lifted in Okuma, the Fukushima Daiichi Plant Town

In total denial of the existing radiation risks the Japanese government will lift on April 10 the evacuation order in Okuma, one of two towns where the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is located. The Japanese government thus continues its so-called ‘reconstruction’ campaign, which in reality in nothing else but a disinformation campaign of denial orchestrated without any real care for the lives of the people, nor for their basic human right to live a normal life protected from radiation, all which is being done in the name of the Japanese government’s holy economics and the coming recovery showcase 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

A geiger counter attached to a fence near the Daiichi power plant measures radiation in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture A geiger counter attached to a fence near the Daiichi power plant measures radiation in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture

March 26, 2019

The government plans to lift the order for part of Okuma town on April 10…

“We have determined the radiation level in the environment has fallen sufficiently as a result of decontamination work,” said Yoshihiko Isozaki, the head of the government’s nuclear emergency response headquarters…

… The evacuation order will remain in place for so-called difficult-to-return zones still registering high radiation levels..

… As of the end of February, only 374 people out of the previous 10,000 residents were registered as residents of the targeted areas…

… Japan’s government has lifted evacuation orders across much of the region affected by the meltdown – allowing residents to return – as Tokyo has pressed an aggressive decontamination programme involving removing radioactive topsoil and cleaning affected areas….

… But not everyone has been convinced, with a poll conducted in February by the Asahi Shimbun daily and Fukushima local broadcaster KFB finding that 60 per cent of Fukushima region residents still felt anxious about radiation….

… “People have the freedom to go back if they want to, but personally I am against living in areas where there are no children and no places to work,” said a 72-year-old man, who has relocated to the nearby city of Iwaki.

“We don’t know what’s going to happen when they remove (nuclear) debris” at the crippled plant, co-hosted by the towns of Okuma and Futaba, he added…

… No one is officially recorded as having died as a result of radiation from the accident, but last year, the government for the first time acknowledged the death from cancer of a man involved in the clean-up….

… As of the end of February, around 52,000 people remain displaced because of evacuation orders or because they are unwilling to return, according to Japan’s Reconstruction Agency.

This March 10, 2018 photo shows barricades installed in Okuma, a Fukushima Prefecture town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, designated as an evacuated zone.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190326/p2g/00m/0dm/066000c?fbclid=IwAR0QQBO1AYqMP6FVccN7312mPw0j3B3opFhOg0cqCRsGKYxHHvF4AJo_Nww

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-to-lift-evacuation-order-in-town-hosting-fukushima-plant

https://www.france24.com/en/20190326-japan-lift-evacuation-order-town-hosting-fukushima-plant

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