It has been 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station today (11th).

Although visible reconstruction has made some progress, such as housing reconstruction and community development, more than 40,000 people are still living in evacuation nationwide, mainly in Fukushima Prefecture, as well as economic activities and people. Regeneration of connections has become a major issue.

Many people do not think that the passage of 10 years will be a break to overcome the damage caused by the earthquake, and it is being asked again whether they can support their lives from a long-term perspective.

At least 22,200 dead or missing

Ten years ago, at around 2:46 pm on March 11, 2011, a huge earthquake of magnitude 9.0 occurred off the coast of Tohoku, and a tsunami with a height of more than 10 meters rushed to the coasts of Tohoku and Kanto.



According to the National Police Agency, the number of dead and missing persons confirmed so far is 18,425.



According to the Reconstruction Agency and local governments, the number of so-called "earthquake-related deaths" that died due to poor physical condition due to evacuation life was at least 3,775 in Tohoku, Kanto, and Nagano prefectures by March 9th. There are at least 22,200 dead and missing, including related deaths.

Housing maintenance Certain progress

Over the last decade, some progress has been made in improving the living environment.



In Miyagi prefecture, all of the prefabricated temporary housing where more than 110,000 people lived at one time moved out in April last year, and in Iwate prefecture, all of them are scheduled to move out by the end of this month.



All of the "disaster public housing" planned for people who lost their homes were completed in December last year.

Still more than 40,000 evacuees

However, as of February, 41,241 people are living in evacuation, mainly in Fukushima Prefecture, where there are areas where there is no prospect of the return of residents.



In addition, new homes are facing problems such as financial burden and so-called isolated death.

"10 years are separated"

In a questionnaire conducted by NHK to the victims of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures, I asked them if they think that 10 years have passed since the disaster occurred, "it will be a break to overcome the damage caused by the earthquake." , 44.5% of the respondents answered "I agree" or "I agree a little", while 31.0% answered "I don't agree" or "I don't agree so much".



There are many concerns that interest in reconstruction will diminish and that human and financial support will decrease, and as the positions of those affected by the disaster change in detail, can we support our lives from a long-term perspective? Is being asked.