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The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on the 13th that the Japanese government plans to pay up to 2 million yen (about 2,097,000 won) per household to residents relocating to areas near the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
Yomiuri said, “The Japanese government decided to give subsidies if people who did not live in 12 nearby municipalities (basic local governments) move to this area at the time of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant explosion,” he said.
According to Yomiuri, when a resident of Fukushima Prefecture moves to an area near the nuclear power plant with their family, it costs 1.2 million yen (800,000 yen for a single person), and 2 million yen (1.2 million yen for a single person) when a resident outside of Fukushima Prefecture moves in. Each will be paid.
In March of next year, the Japanese government has been encouraging “migration to Fukushima” even with such subsidies, but it will be the 10th year of the nuclear accident, but the return rate after the “evacuation order cancellation” of the neighbors who had evacuated due to the nuclear accident is the Basic Resident Register. This is because the number of registrations is low at around 20%.
In particular, as of April this year, the number of people living in the’evacuation order cancellation zone’ around the Fukushima nuclear power plant is about 18,000, of which 40% are the elderly aged 65 or older.
However, the Japanese government restricts the requirements for payment of support benefits to those who live in this area for more than 5 years and work in Fukushima Prefecture to prevent newcomers from relocating to the Fukushima nuclear power plant from receiving only subsidies. It is known that he plans to do it.
Yomiuri said, “Even if you work for a company located outside of Fukushima Prefecture, you can receive subsidies if you can work remotely in Fukushima Prefecture,” said Yomiuri. “In addition, if you start a business within 5 years after moving, you can receive 3/4 of the required expenses (maximum The government plans to support up to 4 million yen).
The Japanese government’s “Fukushima migration” support fund is expected to be paid from next summer.
However, concerns about radioactive contamination and damage in a large area following the Fukushima nuclear accident remain large in Japan.
According to the Japanese private organization ‘3/11 Thyroid Cancer Children’s Fund’, 18 of the Fukushima residents who were under the age of 18 at the time of the nuclear accident were newly diagnosed with thyroid cancer last year.
Of the people who were diagnosed with adenocarcinoma after the nuclear accident, about 10% recurred and received reoperation.
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