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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

9-1/2 years since Great East Japan Earthquake

An industrial park in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, is seen on Thursday afternoon. The area has been developed as a base for industrial reconstruction. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Friday marked nine and a half years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. At the industrial park in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, where reconstruction work had finally begun in March after the evacuation order was partially lifted, factories and town facilities are starting to emerge.

Retail stores selling construction materials and tools also opened this summer.

Read more from The Japan News at https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/

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