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12,000 evacuee households from Fukushima fret over benefit loss via Asahi Shimbun

[…] “With cleanup efforts moving ahead, the living environments are getting better,” Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori said at the time. The decision will affect the so-called voluntary evacuees, who lived in areas that were never designated evacuation zones, and evacuees … Continue reading

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Fukushima to end housing aid for voluntary evacuees via The Japan Times

FUKUSHIMA – The Fukushima Prefectural Government said Monday it will stop providing free housing at the end of March 2017 to nuclear evacuees whose homes are in official evacuation zones. Housing assistance to the voluntary evacuees, currently set to expire … Continue reading

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