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Around three years after the disaster, approximately 140,000 people are still living difficult lives as evacuees.

The Great East Japan Earthquake and the huge tsunami triggered by it caused considerable damage to the disaster-stricken areas as well as a serious TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear accident by making it impossible to cool nuclear reactors due to the loss of power supply. As a result of this disaster, residents in areas surrounding the nuclear power plants were forced to evacuate and live in temporary houses. Approximately 140,000 evacuated people still cannot return to their homes.

As a result of this accident, as many as about 140,000 people are still being forced to live as evacuees and troubles related to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants of TEPCO, such as contaminated water, are a cause for concern for the international society as well as many Japanese.

GOJ with involvement of relevant ministries and agencies will support municipalities hosting nuclear facility sites to enhance their regional disaster management plan and evacuation plans to bolster anti-disaster measures while formulating nuclear disaster countermeasure guidelines and preparing and improving anti-disaster systems.