Inside the Fukushima exclusion zone An abandoned supermarket in Fukushima. Photo by Keow Wee Loong Much of the area around Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has been closed to the public following the disaster that struck the region over five years ago. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami of March 11, 2011 caused a meltdown at the plant, and some 170,000 people were evacuated immediately from the Prefecture. The area closest to the plant has remained closed since then as the lin...
Inside the Fukushima exclusion zone An abandoned supermarket in Fukushima. Photo by Keow Wee Loong Much of the area around Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has been closed to the public following the disaster that struck the region over five years ago. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami of March 11, 2011 caused a meltdown at the plant, and some 170,000 people were evacuated immediately from the Prefecture. The area closest to the plant has remained closed since then as the lin...
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