Prime Minister Kishida visited Katsurao Village, Fukushima Prefecture on the 5th, and was issued an evacuation order due to the effects of the nuclear accident. I explained that it will be released.
Prime Minister Kishida visited Katsurao Village, Fukushima Prefecture, and inspected a facility that serves as a base for exchanges between residents who have returned from the evacuation site of the nuclear accident and those who visit from outside the village.
In this, Prime Minister Kishida explained that the evacuation order will be partially lifted on the 12th of this month for the difficult-to-return area of Katsurao Village, where evacuation orders have been issued due to the effects of the nuclear accident and entry is prohibited in principle. Did.
He said, "It will be possible for the residents to return for the first time in areas where it is difficult to return. I'm really happy to be able to do it. "
Next, Prime Minister Kishida tasted ice cream using the local specialty "Egoma" devised by a university in Fukushima Prefecture, and knit products sold by companies that first entered Katsurao Village after the nuclear accident. I looked around.
After the inspection, Prime Minister Kishida said, "The policy of canceling evacuation orders in all areas where it is difficult to return in the future has not been shaken at all, and we will continue to make steady efforts. We will continue to listen carefully to the individual issues and requests of each local government. I would like to continue working on this. "