It has been 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant occurred in 11 days.
Memorial ceremonies are held in various places after taking measures against the new coronavirus, and residents and others pray.
Ten years ago, on March 11, a huge earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 occurred off the coast of Tohoku, and a large tsunami with a height of over 10 meters rushed in.
According to police, a total of 15,838 people have died in the five prefectures of Miyagi, Iwate, Fukushima, Aomori, and Yamagata in the Tohoku region, and 2522 people are still missing.
In addition, the number of so-called "earthquake-related deaths" that died due to deterioration of physical condition due to evacuation life has reached 3721 in total in the four prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi, Yamagata, and Fukushima by the 9th of this month.
Ten years after the earthquake, many local governments will hold memorial services after taking measures against the new coronavirus, and residents will pray.
In the last 10 years, about 30,000 disaster public housing for disaster victims, which were planned in Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, and Aomori prefectures, have all been completed, and residential land that has been improved by raising work is also planned. All of the 18,000 units that had been there were completed.
On the other hand, among the coastal municipalities of Iwate and Miyagi, as of last month, only 4 municipalities in Sendai City and its surroundings had a larger population than before the earthquake, and the remaining 24 municipalities were lower than before the earthquake. I am.
In particular, ▼ Onagawa Town, Miyagi Prefecture is minus 42.99%, and ▼ Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture is minus 21.79%, and the disparity between regions is conspicuous.
In the disaster-stricken area, which has been 10 years since the earthquake, the issue is how to utilize the hard environment prepared by the reconstruction project to rebuild our lives.
On the other hand, after the nuclear accident, evacuation orders issued to 11 municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture were sequentially lifted in 70% of the original areas by March last year.
However, the number of people who have returned to these areas is about 14,000, which is only about 30% of the number of registered resident cards.
In addition, a total of 337 square kilometers of seven municipalities, including Namie Town, Futaba Town, and Okuma Town, is still designated as a difficult-to-return area where access is severely restricted.
The government plans to lift the evacuation order within two years after decontaminating 8% of the difficult-to-return areas, but the remaining 92% is still lifted 10 years after the accident. The government is being asked to respond without showing the specific timing and policy for the project.