Eight and a half years since the Great East Japan Earthquake About 50,000 people have been evacuated throughout the country.
It has been 8 and a half years since 11 days since the Great East Japan Earthquake. As of last month, about 50,000 people have been forced to evacuate in temporary housing due to the earthquake and nuclear accident.
According to the summary of the Reconstruction Agency, as of the 9th of last month, 49,953 people were forced to evacuate nationwide, a decrease of 1825 compared to February, six months ago.
Of these, 25,521 people lived in prefabricated temporary housing and so-called “deemed temporary housing” where the local government rents private rental housing, a decrease of more than 6,300 compared to six months ago.
In addition, the number of people living in relatives and acquaintances' homes was 24,207, an increase of 4553 compared to six months ago.
The number of evacuated people is 989 municipalities in 47 prefectures nationwide, with the largest number in Kanto, including Tokyo and Kanagawa, with 20,095 people, and Kinki with 2,387 people.
Immediately after the earthquake, the number of evacuees, which was about 470,000 at the most, decreased year by year to 332,691 in December 2011 and 321 433 in December 2012.
The number of evacuees, which was 130,740 in December 2016, decreased greatly to 77,436 in December 2017, one year later.
The significant decrease in this period was due to Fukushima's discontinuation at the end of March 2017, support for voluntary evacuation from outside the evacuation instruction area due to the nuclear accident, allowing them to live in evacuation destination apartments without charge. Seems to be affecting.
On the other hand, many people are still evacuated in Fukushima Prefecture, such as areas where residents are not expected to return.