Supplementary Materials Supplementary : Lives on the Line Materials , 13 287 ,300 telephones not not ,300 telephones 11 roads closed, including the roads closed, including ,928 buildings without power without power ,928 buildings 23 ,109 buildings without running ,109 buildings without 31 23 , 2012 27 in part of Hamadori (including areas of restricted Hamadori of in part entry such as tsunami disaster areas and evacuation zones) Watari (Restoration Not Determined) (Restoration Watari Entire route open including detours (no entry into detours including route open Entire the evacuation zone) June 8, 2012 2012 inside Fukushima open, except for the section Tomioka Interchange to Joban from Hirano Interchange operational in the evacuation zone removed of charge) (free phones public *Special on March water in areas such as the tsunami disaster area area water in areas such as the tsunami disaster and evacuation zone Kitaizumi Odaka Line Kitaizumi ● NTT Telephone Lines: ● Joban Line: Hirono–Haranomachi and Soma– ● Primary National Highways: National Route 6: ● Other National Highways: All routes open as of ● Prefectural Roads: ● Joban Expressway: Section of the expressway ● Power Outages: ● Running Water: ● Running Water: ● Country Roads: All routes open as of April (1) Rail Lines (2) General Roads (3) Expressways (4) Other Damage (4) Other 6. Miscellaneous 6. Miscellaneous ). from Minamisoma, from Minamisoma, 27 57 with serious injuries (4 from Soma, 3 from 3 from Soma, (4 from injuries serious with from Kunimi, etc.) ,954 people evacuated to locations outside the outside the evacuated to locations ,954 people ,096 houses completely destroyed destroyed ,390 houses partially ,203 other buildings ,716 fire defense personnel ,766 fire corps volunteers prefecture (based on an December 6 survey). (based on an December prefecture Iwaki, etc.) Fukushima (as of December Fukushima 20 Soma, 441 in Iwaki, 411 in Namie, 153 in in 153 Namie, in 411 Iwaki, in 441 Soma, etc.) Tomioka, 20 57 21 72 27 12 36 ● 162 with minor injuries ( ● ● damaged ● 163,004 houses partially ● 1,061 houses inundated above floor level ● 338 houses inundated below floor level buildings public ● 1,116 ● ● ● ● ● 3,070 fatalities (1,024 in Minamisoma, 475 in from Sukagawa, etc.) ● 5 missing persons (1 ● Total of 156,026 people Total Non-residential Buildings Non-residential (2) Damage to Housing and Other Buildings (2) Damage to Housing and Other Residential Buildings (1) Casualties 4. Casualties and Damage from the Disaster Damage from 4. Casualties and Deployed of Firefighters Number Total 5. (Report No. 832) (Report No. : Disaster Response Response Disaster : 11 municipalities established the the established municipalities 45 pm Seismic Intensity 5.0–5.4: 5.0–5.4: Intensity Seismic pm am Seismic Intensity 5.0–5.4: 5.0–5.4: Seismic Intensity am pm Seismic Intensity 5.5–5.9: 5.5–5.9: pm Seismic Intensity pm Seismic Intensity 5.0–5.4: pm pm Advisory Announced Tsunami Advisory Lifted Tsunami pm pm Seismic Intensity 5.5–5.9: 32 : March March : : 54 16 05 18 05 07 Nakajima, Furodono, and Iwaki Furodono, and Iwaki Nakajima, Shirakawa, Seismic Intensity 5.0–5.4: Hirata, Tanagura, Tenei, Kagamiishi, and Asakawa Other areas of Fukushima measured of 4.5–4.9. seismic intensities 11 Naraha and Kawauchi Other areas of Fukushima measured of 4.5–4.9. seismic intensities Iwaki Iwaki Asakawa and Seismic Intensity 5.0–5.4: Furodono Other areas of Fukushima measured of 4.5–4.9. seismic intensities Kori, Kunimi, Tamura, Date, Soma, Soma, Date, Tamura, Kunimi, Kori, and Minamisoma Shinchi, Iitate, Other areas of Fukushima measured of 4.5–4.9. seismic intensities 7: 29 ,454 evacuees 11 2: 5: 3: ,072 people in emergency temporary housing in ,072 people in emergency 11 12 31 98 ● (5,043 from Tomioka, 3,532 from Futaba, 1,016 from Tomioka, (5,043 from Naraha, etc.) (For Reference) Disaster Response Headquarters 5: Total of Total (1) Prefecture September 6: April July Headquarters and the Police Department’s Disaster Disaster Department’s Police the and Headquarters Security Headquarters was established : (2) Municipalities April April 7 3. Evacuation (Mandatory and Voluntary Voluntary 3. Evacuation (Mandatory and Evacuation Orders) 2. Prefectural and Municipal Government 2. Prefectural Facilities: Establishment of a Disaster Facilities Response Headquarters and Similar am: Disaster Response Headquarters Prefecture Disaster am: Fukushima 00 , 2013, 8: 10 January pm Tsunami Warning (Major (Major Warning Tsunami pm pm Seismic Intensity 5.0–5.4: pm Seismic Intensity 5.0–5.4: pm Change to Tsunami Warning Warning Tsunami pm Change to pm Seismic Intensity 5.0–5.4: pm am Change to Tsunami Advisory Tsunami am Change to Advisory Lifted Tsunami pm pm am Seismic Intensity am 5.0–5.4: am Seismic Intensity am 5.0–5.4: 49 40 20 55 30 58 46 34 12 Tomioka Tomioka Other areas in Fukushima measured of 4.5–4.9. seismic intensities Iwaki Other areas of Fukushima measured of 4.0–. seismic intensities Iwaki Other areas of Fukushima measured of 4.0–. seismic intensities Iwaki Other areas of Fukushima measured of 4.0–. seismic intensities Seismic Intensity 6.0–6.4: Shirakawa, Shirakawa, Seismic Intensity 6.0–6.4: Tomioka, Sukagawa, Kunimi, Tenei, Naraha, Kagamiishi, Okuma, Namie, Futaba, and Shinchi Fukushima 5.5–5.9: Intensity Seismic Motomiya, Nihonmatsu, City, Nishigo, Kawamata, Koori, Koriyama, Ono, Tamakawa, Nakajima, Yabuki, Asakawa, Date, Hirono, Tanagura, Soma, Iwaki, Kawauchi, Iitate, Tamura, Minamisoma, and Otama, 5.0–5.4: Intensity Seismic Hirata, Ishikawa, Yamatsuri, Izumizaki, Miharu, Katsurao, Furodono, , , Kitakata, and Bandai , Yugawa, Other areas in Fukushima measured of 4.5–4.9. seismic intensities 2: (Tsunami) Tsunami) Announced Tsunami) 5: 6: 7: 7: 8: 7: 2: 23 23 23 12 13 11 March March March March 5: March March Brief Report on the Damage from the 2011 Great East Earthquake Japan Earthquake Great East 2011 from the on the Damage Brief Report 286 1. Alerts and Warnings Supplementary FUKUSHIMA: Lives on the Line Materials 289 mSv per per mSv 10 km radius of km radius of 30 pm—the time of the 46 ,000 households are to to are households ,000 50 -year-old -year-old girl is confirmed to have died in a landslide A lower 6.0 magnitude earthquake occurs in lower 6.0 magnitude earthquake occurs in A pm: An aftershock of magnitude 7.1 occurs in Miyagi. of magnitude 7.1 occurs An aftershock pm: 16 32 16 : 11 17 19 15 13 14 11 12 , 2011 pm: A 19 04 earthquake. An earthquake with an intensity of greater than 6.0 is felt in north An earthquake with an intensity An intensity of greater than 5.0 is felt in the and central Miyagi. of Fukushima. Nakadori and Hamadori regions leafy (green kakina and spinach and Kitakata from milk on fresh from Gunma Prefecture. Plans for vegetable of the genus Brassica) rice in the case of a detection of restrictions on planting radioactivity that exceeds the safe limit in the soil are also announced. the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Fukushima and Ibaraki. A tsunami warning is issued in Ibaraki. A Fukushima and Ibaraki. year. year. work schedule indicating that it will take 6–9 months to stabilize stabilize to months 6–9 take will it that indicating schedule work the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. maintenance tunnels of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Unit 2 Reactor to central radioactive waste treatment facilities. schools and parks are to be restricted following the results of investigations into the amount of radiation. payments for evacuated residents and those being asked to shelter at home owing Fukushima to the Daiichi nuclear power plant accident will be one million yen per household and 750,000 yen for around that and households, single for radiation limits for school attendance should be be should attendance school for limits radiation for the provides that “plan a requests Kan Naoto Minister Prime In addition to opportunity for the creation of a better society.” Sato, the meeting was attended by Prefectural Yuhei Governor Akutagawa award winning Akasaka and Museum Director Norio in Temple writer Sokyu Genyu, the chief priest of Fukushu-ji Miharu. Silent prayers are held all over Japan at 2: : TEPCO Fukushima Agency evaluates the severity of the Safety the on level highest the 7,” “level as disaster nuclear Daiichi as level same the and (INES) Scale Event Nuclear International that of the Chernobyl disaster. limit on rice planting was detected in the paddy fields of Iitate and Namie. strontium were announces that small amounts of radioactive detected in the soil and vegetables outside of the nuclear power plant Unit 1 Reactor to prevent further hydrogen to prevent further hydrogen plant Unit 1 Reactor nuclear power explosions. in Iwaki. receive the compensation. April 8 April April April April April April 6 April 7 April April Around 5: Around ● Chief Cabinet Edano Secretary lifts Yukio the shipping restrictions ● TEPCO Chairman of the Board Tsunehisa Katsumata announces a ● Work begins to transfer heavily contaminated water from the ● Fukushima Prefecture announces that outdoor activities at thirteen ● TEPCO President announces that compensation ● The Nuclear Safety Commission announces its view that the target The first meeting● ofthe Reconstruction Design Council takes place. ● One month has passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake. 10 ● Ministry of Trade and Economy, Nuclear Industry’s and Industrial ● The prefecture announces that radioactive cesium exceeding the ● Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ● TEPCO begins injecting nitrogen gas into Fukushima Daiichi Around , 2011–April , 2011–April 11 km of the the of km March March 30 ,500 tons of of tons ,500 – 11 20 trillion yen) greatly trillion yen) greatly 25 – 16 km of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ) dies inside a car waiting for gas in ) dies inside a car waiting for gas in 20 82 trillion yen). 10 23 24 25 26 27 30 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are requested to evacuate evacuate to requested are plant power nuclear Daiichi Fukushima of their own accord. Tanagura. Hibachi briquettes are found in the car. Hibachi briquettes are found in the car. Tanagura. 1896 Meiji-Sanriku Earthquake. The scale of damage was second second was damage of scale The Earthquake. Meiji-Sanriku 1896 since the natural disasters for Kanto Earthquake Great the after death toll withinThe the prefecture Meijistart of the Period. for. with 4487 people unaccounted reaches 762, on the restrictions impose to Sato Yuhei Governor Fukushima goods produced within the prefecture. intake of spinach and other Act on implemented according to the This was the first measure Preparedness. Nuclear Emergency Special Measures Concerning to buildings ( amount of direct damage and Ban’etsu Expressways is lifted, allowing for the operation of all lines. installed a cable at nuclear Daiichi Fukushima power plant Unit 3 Reactor workers of the Two poisoning. radiation have to confirmed are radioactive failed to wear boots and were contaminated by highly water. within municipalities in indoors” “sheltering radioactive iodine 1250 times the Agency announces that Safety Fukushima Daiichi the near water in sea detected was limit safe nuclear power plant. designate the area within exceeded that caused by the Great Earthquake Hanshin-Awaji (approximately power plant a hazard zone according to the Disaster Disaster the to according zone hazard a plant power Countermeasures Basic Act. 1–4 Unit plant power nuclear Daiichi “Fukushima that stating Reactors will have to be discontinued.” Super Arena in Saitama City arrive at their next evacuation destination, a disused high school in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture. named “Higashi The disaster is officially a long-term battle.” Nihon Dai-Shinsai” (The Great East Japan Earthquake). the sea from a crack in Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Unit 2 Reactor. Daiichi nuclear power plant workers who went missing after the to have died in the tsunami. The workers appeared earthquake. contaminated waste water from within Fukushima Daiichi nuclear within water from waste contaminated power plant facilities into the sea. March March March March March March April 1 April 2 April 3 April 4 ● The Prime Minister’s Office announces that Naoto Kan instructed ● The Cabinet Office releases estimated figures claiming that the ● The closure of the Tohoku ● Three workers who ● Chief Cabinet Secretary Edano Yukio announces that people ● Ministry of Trade and Economy, Nuclear Industry’s and Industrial ● An unemployed man ( ● Fukushima Prefecture announces that it asked the government to ● TEPCO President Tsunehisa Katsumata holds a press conference, ● Four hundred and eighty residents of Futaba evacuated to Saitama At ● a press conference, Prime Minister Kan says “I am prepared for ● TEPCO confirmsthat heavilycontaminated wateris leaking into ● TEPCO announces the discovery of the corpses of two Fukushima ● TEPCO begins releasing approximately

27 km radius , 2012 inspection. 30 – 21 31 20 , 2011–March , 2011–March 11 March ,561 are unaccounted for, which is more than that in the which is more than that in the ,561 are unaccounted for, 22 19 20 21 16 17 18 13 Gunma, Saitama, and Kanagawa Prefectures. Gunma, Saitama, and Kanagawa time in four days. for the first of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are advised to to advised are plant power nuclear Daiichi Fukushima the of shelter indoors. A am: A fire breaksout from the fourth floor of the containment building of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Unit 4 Reactor. building of Fukushima Daiichi ● Approximately 140,000 people living within a Shinaomori. postponement of nationwide local elections for the three totaling Miyagi, and Iwate, Fukushima, namely prefectures, plant is located, arrive at Saitama Super Arena, the group shelter. plant is located, arrive at Saitama Super plant accident during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power limit of 100 mSv. exceeded the emergency and Nuclear Medicine Research Center Leader) Emergency been have WHO) at officer technical (former Takamura Noboru Advisor. assigned to the post of Radiation Health Risk Management Disaster Response Prefecture the a press conference at hold They Headquarters and emphasize that “there is no need to worry about of radiation.” the effects milk in Iwaki, Kunimi, Shinchi, and Iitate; the radiation level exceeds the safe dose stipulated in the Food Sanitation The Law. prefecture the within farms dairy all that requests prefecture practice self-regulation of forwarding and personal consumption. temperature of all spent fuel rod pools of Unit 1–6 Reactors were below 100 °C, stating that “it is a value that should put all citizens at ease.” radioactive iodine per kilo—three times the basic intake limit— drinking water in the March was detected in Iitate’s indicates that there “may have been a leakage of radioactive radioactive of leakage a been have “may there that indicates material.” ● TEPCO implements planned blackouts in parts of Tochigi, ● The Tohoku Shinkansen operates between Tokyo and Unit 4 Reactor. but their levels do not exceed the national safety limits. water, the people will addressing the people, stating “I sincerely hope that unhappy times.” treat each other with passion and overcome these Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Unit 3 Reactor. Force Group. Task Rescue assessed as “level 5.” gubernatorial, Prefectural Assemblies, and other elections. gubernatorial, Prefectural and 40 March March March March March March March ● The Tohoku Shinkansen resumes services between Morioka and ● Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announces the ● Residents of Futaba, where the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ● TEPCO announces that the radiation dose received by six workers ● Fukushima Prefecture announces that Shun-ichi (WHO Yamashita ● Fukushima Prefecture conducts emergency inspections of fresh ● Minister of Defense, Toshimi Kitazawa, explains that the ● Ministry of Health, Labour and announces Welfare that 965 Bq of 9: ● There is a second fire at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant tap ● Radioactive iodine and cesium are detected in Fukushima City’s ● The Imperial Household Agency releases a video of the Emperor ● Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopters drop water into Fire ● Tokyo Department dispatches 139 members including the Fire ● The severity of the situation at Unit 1–3 Reactors is provisionally ● ● According to National Police Agency Data, 9080 people are dead

20 .” 14 km following following km [Photos provided by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and Fukushima Minpo News] and Fukushima Power Company (TEPCO) Electric Tokyo by [Photos provided 20 TEPCO announces that the fuel rods of Fukushima the fuel that announces TEPCO pm:

55 15 14 13 12 11 pm: Hydrogen explosion at am: Hydrogen explosion at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power am: An explosion is heard from Unit 2 Reactor of the the prefectural police set up the Disaster Defense Headquarters. the prefectural police set up the Disaster Defense Forty-six municipalities in the Nakadori and Hamadori regions set up Disaster Response Headquarters. km. Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant Unit 1, 2 and 4 2 and 4 am: Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant Unit 1, The government announces “Declaration of a Nuclear of a Nuclear The government announces “Declaration pm: The evacuation radius for the The evacuation radius for the pm: Radiation levels rise in the main control room of Unit 1 am: Radiation levels rise in the main control room of Unit 1 A seismic intensity 7.0 earthquake occurs in the northern northern the in occurs 7.0 earthquake intensity seismic A pm: Japan Meteorological Association issues a major tsunami Association issues a major tsunami pm: Japan Meteorological An evacuation warning is issued for citizens living within a An evacuation warning is issued for citizens living pm: inside the TEPCO announces to the nation that the pressure am: 01 36 warning for the pacific coast, namely Fukushima, Aomori, Iwate, Many people are dead, injured, or Ibaraki, and Chiba Prefectures. areas. unaccounted for in various Response Office. The government sets up the Official ● ● The prefecture sets up the Disaster Response Headquarters and Emergency Situation” for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power power nuclear Daiichi Fukushima for the Situation” Emergency Act on Special Measures Concerning plant according to the Preparedness. Nuclear Emergency Daiichi nuclear power plant Unit 2 Reactor are completely exposed leaving the nuclear reactor without coolant. to air, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is extended to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Ministry of Economy, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Ministry of Economy, Agency Safety Industrial and Nuclear Industry’s and Trade 3 km radius of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. 3 km radius of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power power plant Unit containment vessel of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear 1 Reactor has increased. Great East Japan Earthquake from 8.8 to 9.0. implement planned blackouts from March 10 km radius to shelter indoors. plant Unit 3 Reactor. Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Industry’s and Trade of Economy, Ministry Reactor. 3 Unit plant Agency advises citizens within a Nuclear and Industrial Safety instruction from the Official Response TEPCO pumps sea water into Unit 1 Reactor. Office. Reactor lose their cooling functions, and it becomes clear that clear that Reactor lose their cooling functions, and it becomes to the nation. TEPCO has announced a state of emergency Unit plant power nuclear Daiichi Fukushima of area the in detected thus confirming a nuclear 1 Reactor, meltdown. Reactor and the radius of the evacuation zone is extended from 3 to region of and one of seismic intensity 6.0-6.4 is region of Miyagi Prefecture experienced in Fukushima. A total of 11 nuclear power reactors, power plant and the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear including power plant, automatically shut down. Fukushima Daini nuclear Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant workers TEPCO Four Reactor. 1 Unit are injured. 10 : 40 03 04 44 46 49 23 49 Document Disaster Earthquake March March March March March 7: 9: 5: 288 6: 11 ● Japan Meteorological Association revises the magnitude of the ● Prime Minister Naoto Kan announces that “TEPCO has agreed to 7: 0: 2011 Around 7: Around It is revealed that radioactive cesium has been 2 pm: It is revealed that radioactive cesium has been Just after 3: 2: 7: 2: Supplementary FUKUSHIMA: Lives on the Line Materials 291 is made 20 locations in one part of 15 mSv, was detected at mSv, 20 25 26 27 21 22 24 20 , 2011 27 Watari district and Iino. Watari East Japan Earthquake decides its “Proposals for Reconstruction” East Japan Earthquake decides its “Proposals for Reconstruction” The proposals and submits them to Prime Minister Naoto Kan. of basis on the rebuild must municipalities affected that suggest damage minimization principles on the assumption that mass The proposals also emphasize a damage will occur in the future. prompt examination of temporary tax (mainly core taxes) increases for the reconstruction fund. The report states that the loss Committee releases an interim report. of life from the massive tsunami greatly exceeded people’s expectations and that the government should implement measures of basis the on lives people’s prioritize that evacuation on focusing the in occur will amplitude large of tsunamis that understanding the future. should aim for a society June Prefectural Meeting, stating “We without nuclear power.” Grant” (tentative) for the afflicted areas such as Fukushima. Grant” (tentative) for the afflicted areas such as Fukushima. Branch Office in Fukushima Village City. leader Norio Kanno to the village announces his goal of returning some of the residents in two years. Yae, The drama is set in Fukushima and depicts the life of Sakura.” Neesima. the wife of Doshisha University founder Joseph Hardy measurements for 1118 locations. Over 3 μSv per hour, which could exceed the government’s cumulative yearly dose limit for evacuation of power plant accident, and announces policy calling for an approval policy calling for an approval accident, and announces power plant upon nuclear power plants of operations at of the resumption periodic inspections. completion of free for all earthquake victims. free for all earthquake and approved is reconstruction, post-disaster for outline and The early establishment of of Councilors. established by the House which is responsible for the Agency,” the “Reconstruction plan, is also confirmed. implementation of this reconstruction of 100,000 yen per person, the target Compensation decides on structure, as compensation to be paid regardless of age and family damage to residents who were for psychological TEPCO by evacuated upon government instruction during the six-month period following the accident. June June June June June June June ● The government’s “Reconstruction Design Council” for the Great ● The Central Disaster Prevention Council Expert Examination ● Governor Sato Yuhei demonstrates an “anti-nuclear” stance at the ● Prefectural health examinations begin for those affected by the ● To ● assist the To disaster-stricken area, the use of Highway ● The government formulates a policy to create a “Reconstruction ● Iitate establishes the “Iitate Village Hall Iino Branch” at Iino ● NHK announces the production of the 2013 period drama no “Yae ● Fukushima City announces the results of mass radiation level ● The Reconstruction Act, Basic which stipulates the basic principles ● The Dispute Reconciliation Committee for Nuclear Damage

23 , 2011–June , 2011–June 22 April km zone to km zone to 20 mSv between March 20 mSv. 20 exceeded ,000 residents of Namie, Iitate, and the ,000 residents Iitate, and the of Namie, km west-northwest of the Fukushima km west-northwest of the Fukushima 29 28 29 to May 23 . This is the third location outside the . 13 15 16 17 18 14 31 Yamakiya district of Kawamata will be prioritized. Yamakiya the completion of additional safety measures given to all nuclear power plants in Japan in light of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear exceed the safe amount. Daiichi nuclear power plant, exceeded Commission,” Commission,” the prefectural meeting of experts, formulates an amendment to their basic principles, defining its stance as “anti- nuclear.” as labeled be to are spots hot radiation local that announces “designated advisory evacuation spots.” in shelters evacuation at evacuees to encouragement They also inspect Minaminomori Sports Park in Nishiki, Iwaki. district. Tairausuiso Aquamarine Fukushima and the Examination formulates the outline of the post-earthquake health examination. Around from March Compensation administers secondary guidelines stipulating the the nuclear accident. Financial damage scope of compensation for or misinformation related to all caused by harmful rumors limits shipping where for areas produce marine and agricultural will fall within the scope of were imposed until March compensation. reconnaissance of their draft the preliminary submits commission Daiichi nuclear accident to the Japanese report on the Fukushima government. clear indicate to failing off-course, stray to continues government forward to the guidelines when the country is amid crisis” put the New Party, House of Representatives by the Liberal Democrat by a and the Sunrise Party of Japan is rejected Party, Komeito majority. there that showing results evaluation announces Agency Safety power plant were nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear Unit 1–3 Reactors. This law delays the switch over to digital television Councilors. by up broadcasting for Fukushima, Iwate, and Miyagi Prefectures to one year. students. eight thousand elementary school and kindergarten Shimo- Namie, in dose radiation cumulative the that announces which is Tsushima, and June Fukushima Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident may have exceeded the limit of 250 mSv. radiation dose June June June June June 1 June 2 June 6 June 8 June 9 June May ● Minister of Trade Economy, and Industry Kaieda Banri confirms ● “Vision for Reconstruction in Fukushima Investigative ● The government’s Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters ● Prince and Princess Akishino visit Fukushima and give ● The Special Committee for Prefectural Health Care Research and ● The Dispute Reconciliation Committee for Nuclear Damage ● The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inquiry ● The no-confidence motion against the cabinet claiming that “the ● Ministry of Trade and Economy, Nuclear Industry’s and Industrial ● A special law is approved and established by the House of ● Date announces the distribution of dosimeters to approximately ● Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ● TEPCO announces that two male workers involved in the

50 km radius of km radius of 30 . 17 Tbq. pm on March 20 hours after the occurrence of the earthquake. 55 16 , 12 28 30 21 22 24 27 10 11 14 15 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant begin begin plant power nuclear Daiichi Fukushima km of the returning home temporarily. near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant directly after the the after directly plant power nuclear Daiichi Fukushima near the accident. The highest figure was 3699 μSv per hour in the north main building at 3: Iitate in dose radiation cumulative the that announces Technology the sea from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Unit 3 plant Unit 3 the sea from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power Reactor has reached for declarations partnership clear announce They conference. earthquake reconstruction and strengthening nuclear safety. 3 and 2 Unit plant power nuclear Daiichi Fukushima of cores Reactors also melted down and that there is a possibility of damage to the reactor pressure vessel. Technology announces that the government will provide financial assistance for the ground removal work if over 1 μSv per hour of radiation is detected in Fukushima Elementary and Junior High School playgrounds. 20 Azuma General Gymnasium in Fukushima evacuation shelter at the evacuation They also visit evacuees. City and encourage the shelter in Soma City. nuclear power plant Unit 5 Reactor. district of Kawamata begins. Yamakiya Iitate and Reactor was 6: at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Unit 1 and Miyagi postpone local elections in Fukushima, Iwate, Prefectures to September. Headquarters is established. takes Shimizu Masataka President TEPCO 2011. March that Managing responsibility and resigns, and it is announced promoted as President. Nishizawa will be Toshio Director am on March the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant begin the the power plant begin Fukushima Daiichi nuclear TEPCO the their at high schools near taking lessons “Satellite System,” evacuation destinations. complete termination of the Hamaoka request for government’s nuclear power plant. Korean President Lee Myung-bak visit Fukushima. They visit the They visit the Korean President Lee Myung-bak visit Fukushima. Azuma General Gymnasium in Fukushima evacuation shelter at City and give encouragement to evacuees. May May May May May May May May May 9 May May May ● TEPCO announces new data on the amount of radiation received ● The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and ● TEPCO announces that the total amount of radiation pumped into ● Japanese, Korean, and Chinese leaders hold a joint press ● TEPCO announces the results of an analysis indicating that the ● The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and ● ● Starting with Kawauchi, residents from the hazard zone of within ● The Emperor and Empress of Japan visit Fukushima. They visit the ● Co. terminates operations at Hamaoka ● Evacuation of residents of designated planned evacuation zones ● TEPCO announces that the estimated time of the nuclear meltdown ● The House of Councilors issues a special law amendment to ● The Great East Japan Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction TEPCO announces ● a consolidated net loss of 1.2473 trillion yen for ● Students from eight prefectural schools within the ● ● Chubu Electric Power Co. announces its acceptance of the ● Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, and South Wen ● Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Chinese Premier – 20 km of 20 Earthquake Disaster Document Disaster Earthquake days that trains have operated that trains have days 45 km hazard area with high cumulative radiation with high cumulative km hazard area 20 29 30 27 25 26 22 km radius, which are not planned evacuation areas, as as evacuation areas, which are not planned km radius, directly from to Tokyo. directly from Sendai to Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time since the earthquake. Tokyo is unanimously approved in a plenary session of the recovery, The budget amount of 4.153 trillion yen House of Representatives. Earthquake. exceeds that of the Great Hanshin-Awaji will cabinet “the that declares Kan Naoto Minister Prime housing, for provided is housing that ensure to responsibility their it make all those who require it by Obon (around mid-August).” prefectural the at processed being sludge sewage contaminated water purification center in Koriyama. The Design Council Makoto Iokibe visits Fukushima Prefecture. fishing Haragama Soma the in scene disaster the inspects group port area. tour. visits Fukushima Terasaka Agency Nobuaki and Industrial Safety Prefecture for the first time since the accident and apologizes to the Sato. Governor Yuhei heads of Hirono, Namie, and Katsurao and to the evacuated residents of Namie. reactor building of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Unit 1 Reactor to install ventilation devices. terminate all nuclear reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture. Kaoru Elementary School in order to lower the amount of the amount of Kaoru Elementary School in order to lower radiation. 30 Fukushima. It is the first time in the showing map a of distribution the announces Technology Fukushima the surrounding area the in radioactivity of amount Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time. doses as “planned evacuation zones,” and most areas within a and most areas within a evacuation zones,” doses as “planned “emergency evacuation preparation zones.” “emergency nuclear accident. Governor Sato makes Sato to apologize for the recommencement of nuclear operations. clear his disapproval of the of rice in parts of Fukushima Prefecture. restrictions on the planting the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as “hazard zones,” plant as Daiichi nuclear power the Fukushima zones,” “hazard the areas outside April April May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 April April April April 290 ● The Tohoku Shinkansen resumes services on all lines between ● The first revised budget of 2011, which aims for post-earthquake construct temporary ● Regarding the use of the upper house budget to ● Fukushima Prefecture announces that it detected heavily ● A group led by Chairman of the government’s Reconstruction ● “Hula Girls” from Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki go on a national Nuclear and Industry’s Trade The Director of Ministry of Economy, ● ● TEPCO President Masataka Shimizu apologizes to the municipal ● For the first time after the hydrogen explosion, workers enter the ● Prime Minister Naoto Kan requests that Chubu Electric Power Co. ● Koriyama removes ground from the surface of the playground of ● The Tohoku Shinkansen resumes services between Sendai and ● The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and ● The government designates prohibited entry areas within ● TEPCO President Masataka Shimizu meets with Governor Yuhei Sato to impose Yuhei ● Prime Minister Naoto Kan instructs Governor Supplementary FUKUSHIMA: Lives on the Line Materials 293 Bq of radioactive Bq of radioactive 22 km radius hazard zones with high km radius hazard zones with high 20 article premium calculation and payment article premium calculation and payment 29 28 29 30 15 20 21 24 25 26 27 , 2011 ,000 with the use of new equipment, known as “Sally,” “Sally,” known as equipment, of new use the with ,000 years. 30 schedule for compensation payments for the Fukushima Daiichi schedule for compensation payments for the Fukushima Daiichi introduced for purifying contaminated water. introduced for purifying contaminated the shipment ban. Twenty-three head of cattle are transported to head of cattle are transported to Twenty-three the shipment ban. Fukushima Meat Distribution Center in Koriyama, where they are processed and inspected. radioactive waste in state forests within the village. The haul Earthquake are unloaded at Onahama Port in Iwaki. location is shown and the safety of the catch is demonstrated. fishing operations (such as deep-sea trawling, small ship gill-net fishing, boat seine fishing), which they had been aiming to start in September. Party Democratic the in Kaieda Banri and Industry Trade Leadership Election, becoming the new party leader. related to nuclear safety regulations. The reform is based on the is basedThe reform on the safetyrelated to nuclear regulations. amalgamation of Ministry an Agency, Nuclear Safety creation of a Safety Industrial and Nuclear Industry’s and Trade of Economy, Agency and the Nuclear Safety Commission of the Cabinet Office, in April 2012 as an external bureau of the Ministry of the Environment. 1 in to decreases plant power nuclear Daiichi Fukushima the entry into areas in the limit for outdoor which abolishes the 3.8 mSv per hour radiation it replaces and kindergartens and schools elementary at activities with a new limit of 1 mSv measures such Fukushima, Iwate, and Ibaraki Prefectures as safety as arrangements for meat inspections are put in place. for radioactive his intention to construct an interim storage facility waste within Fukushima. Governor Sato Yuhei expresses disagreement and suspends his answer. contaminated areas where the amount of radiation is estimated to be 200 mSv per year may not be able to return home for more than 20 50 cesium, significantly lower than the safe dose stipulated in the stipulated in the cesium, significantly lower than the safe dose rice unpolished in detected is (500 Bq/kg), Law Food Sanitation (brown rice) from Nihonmatsu (formerly This Taihei). is the first in detected was No radiation Fukushima rice. for instance such polished rice (white rice). nuclear power plant make their first temporary return home. One participate. hundred and forty-five people from Futaba and Okuma radiation. The zone designations will not be lifted as these areas are are areas these as lifted be not will designations zone The radiation. in the long term. deemed unfit for residence August August August August August August August August August August ● Shipment of beef from Fukushima resumes following the lifting of ● Iitate decides a policy to construct temporary storage facilities for ● The first catches of skipjack tuna since the Great East Japan ● Fukushima Prefectural Association Fishermen’s cancels coastal ● Minister of Noda Finance Yoshihiko defeats Minister of Economy, ● TEPCO announces a ● The government decides on a basic policy for organizational reform reform on a basic policy for organizational government decides The ● ● The concentration of radioactive material in contaminated water at ● The government presents a policy continuing the prohibition of government A policy ● to aid decontamination at schools is revealed, ● The government lifts the ban on the shipment of beef from ● In early rice crop radiation inspections, ● Prime Minister Naoto Kan Sato meets stating with Yuhei Governor ● Results of calculations show that the evacuated residents of ● ● Residents living within a 3 km radius of the Fukushima Daiichi , 2011–August , 2011–August 27 June ,900 tons less 82 ,900 tons. Owing to a decrease in the cultivation area area ,900 tons. Owing to a decrease in the cultivation 11 12 10 82 31 than that in the previous year. than that in the previous year. Reconstruction” based on the basic principle of “abandoning of “abandoning principle basic on the based Reconstruction” nuclear power.” It is the first time that a local government where nuclear power plants are located has opposed nuclear power. Baseball School High Senior Tournament, Championship Seiko Gakuin loses narrowly to the in (Ishikawa) Kanazawa of score a inning with second 2-4. and Forestry Workers, Rally is held by JA Fishermen’s Fukushima Group Fukushima, Forestry Owners Association, and Fukushima Fishermen’s More than 2,500 people Tokyo. Association in Hibiya Park, involved spiritedly request for a prompt payment of compensation for damages resulting from the nuclear accident. against Atomic and againstAtomic and is held Hydrogen Bombs It is City. in Fukushima that the the first time prefecture has hosted the the conference since TEPCO Fukushima “abandoning for calls conference The disaster. nuclear Daiichi nuclear power.” Fuga-do Hall in is held at the High School Cultural Festival) Aizuwakamatsu. Approximately 350 students from Fukushima from Fukushima,” Message titled “A perform a component drama which explored the theme of reconstruction. The event is attended Princess Kiko, and their second Akishino, his wife by Prince daughter Princess Kako. school The Stadium. Koshien Hanshin at held is Tournament against Nichinan representing Fukushima, Seiko Gakuin, wins 5-4 Gakuen (Miyazaki) in the tenth inning in the extra time of the third game. Sato. In addition to visiting Yuhei Fukushima and meets Governor he conducts an the evacuation shelters in Fukushima City, exchange of opinions with high-school students studying at satellite schools. evacuation on a policy to completely remove the emergency that provided such as designated zones for the orders preparation and “Recovery Plans” including policies on decontamination recovery of infrastructure are formulated. fall by resulting from the earthquake and nuclear accident, rice yields are resulting from the earthquake and nuclear accident, predicted to have fallen to 356,200 tons, which is August August August 4 August 6 August 8 August 9 August July ● Fukushima Prefecture formally decides the “Vision for ● On day seven of the All-Japan ● The Fukushima Farmers, ● The World Conference ● The opening ceremony of Fukushima Soubun (annual All-Japan ● The All-Japan Senior High School Baseball Championship ● The Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon visits ● The government’s Nuclear Disaster Response Headquarters decide ● As data on the rice market are announced, Fukushima rice yields

59 trillion yen) in the yen) in the trillion years or younger at years or younger at 19 18 for areas devastated by the Great Great the by devastated areas for 31 % of this amount ( this % of 80 to December December to locations in four districts of Minamisoma ( locations in four districts of Minamisoma 22 57 trillion yen over the next ten years. The policy plans to 23 22 23 24 25 26 28 19 20 21 East Japan Earthquake is approved in a plenary session of the East Japan Earthquake is approved in a plenary session of the House of Representatives. in Tournament Senior High School Baseball Championship Fukushima. It is the eighth victory and an unprecedented five-year winning streak for the senior high school. September September and secondary evacuation shelters (guesthouses and hotels) to to hotels) and (guesthouses shelters evacuation secondary and August and to completely shut discontinue services at the end of This will be decided during meetings down at the end of October. chiefs. with prefectural and municipal disaster prevention reveals intentions to complete the Tohoku-Chuo Expressway years. between Fukushima and Soma within the next ten is event The underway. gets Chase) Horse Wild (Soma Festival” held on a scale smaller than that in previous years. Examination formulates the outline of the Prefectural Health The survey includes thyroid function and Management Survey. other tests for 360,000 children who were 1.9988 trillion yen to financially assist victims of the Great East House of the by enacted approved and are Earthquake Japan Councilors. Big at evacuees to words of encouragement give and earthquake Palette Fukushima and at the temporary housing in Koriyama. Reconstruction” based on the basic Reconstruction” “abandoning nuclear principle of power.” on reopens City Iwaki Onahama, It opening. of its anniversary the seal announces that a baby spotted was named “Kibo” (hope). that hadsurrounding the beef cattle containing straw rice fed been shipped and cesium radioactive the government instructs Fukushima to from within the prefecture, cattle from within the prefecture. discontinue all shipping of in cards at schools report receiving Children ceremonies. closing evacuation destinations also attend. at totaling locally, and nationally both operations, reconstruction least households) as nuclear accident advisory evacuation zones. This is zones. evacuation advisory accident nuclear as households) the second such case after Date. concentrated reconstruction period of the first five years. concentrated reconstruction period of the first five designate the time of the accident. invest approximately July July July July July July July July July ● Seiko Gakuin defeats Sukagawa 4-0 in the final of the All-Japan ● The special amendment bill to ● further postpone local elections from ● ● Plans are revealed for a total of 557 primary evacuation shelters ● The Minister for Land, Infrastructure and Akihiro Transport Ohata ● The “Great East Japan Earthquake Reconstruction: Soma-Nomaoi ● Special Committee for Prefectural Health Care Research and ● Two laws related to the 2011 second supplementary budget of ● The Prince and Princess visit Fukushima for the first time since the ● Aquamarine Fukushima in ● In response to the problem ● Many national elementary and junior high schools hold their ● The government presents a policy implementing recovery and ● The government’s Nuclear Disaster Response Headquarters Earthquake Disaster Document Disaster Earthquake minutes when a water leakage from leakage water a when minutes 90 30 15 11 14 operations at nuclear power plants and announces new safety operations at nuclear power plants and announces new safety This represents a move toward implementing a evaluation rules. various in introduced test stress on the based system two-level European countries. high containing straw rice with cattle feeding been had Asakawa had been head of cattle levels of radioactive cesium. Forty-two shipped. Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in the high-priority areas of of in the high-priority areas nuclear accident Fukushima Daiichi Ten district of Kawamata. Yamakiya Namie, and the Iitate, residents of Namie undergo internal radiation examinations at the in Chiba City. of Radiological Sciences National Institute Fukushima Daiichi nuclear water at the heavily contaminated “circulating injection cooling”; however, power plant and begins after interrupted is work the in Tsukidate and four districts of Ryozen designate 104 locations in with locally high levels of households, 106 houses) Date (113 “hot spots.” radiation as advisory evacuation donation and inheritance calculate to used are which 1), January taxes. The agency will provide tax relief measures using an the due to depreciation the reflects that coefficient” “adjustment such as Fukushima areas earthquake for disaster-stricken Prefecture. Electric Tohoku and TEPCO by serviced areas in begin electricity Power Co. be evacuation preparation zone orders will not that the emergency lifted until “the risk of hydrogen (nuclear) explosion has safely cool the disappeared” and that the goal of “Step 1” is to nuclear reactors. highest death their lives in the Great East Japan Earthquake—the people pay their respects. Around 1000 toll in the prefecture. to those yen per resident as a second compensation amount is to begin in evacuated because of the nuclear accident. Payment July. those without after stating that “the government will not help ideas” upon his visit to both Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures. He is replaced by Hirano, Minister Senior who Tatsuo Vice was the Vice Minister for Reconstruction. a policy to designate parts of Minamisoma as advisory evacuation zones. Assembly Special Committee for Commission and the Prefectural the Great East Japan Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction They request that Sato. Yuhei make proposals to Governer “abandoning nuclear power” is included in the basic policy. a pipe is discovered. July July July 1 July 2 July 3 July 5 July 8 July June 292 ● Fukushima Prefecture drafted Vision the for “Ten-Year ● The government consolidates opinion on the resumption of ● Fukushima Prefecture announces that beef cattle ranches in ● TEPCO resumes full-scale operation of the system for processing ● The government’s Nuclear Disaster Response Headquarters Agency announces roadside 2011 land prices ● The (for National Tax ● According to the Electricity Business Act, limits on the use of ● The minister in charge of nuclear accidents states ● A memorial service is held in Minamisoma, where 589 people lost ● TEPCO announces that they will make a basic payment of 300,000 Matsumoto announces his resignation ● Reconstruction Minister Ryu ● The Nuclear government’s Disaster Response Headquarters reveals ● The Vision for Reconstruction in Fukushima Investigative Supplementary FUKUSHIMA: Lives on the Line Materials

30 295 km to 10 households) households) 22 seats. 58 households) as advisory households) as advisory 37 years of age or younger begins in years of age or younger begins in 18 locations ( km. 33 50 locations in Minamisoma ( 20 households). 15 18 20 25 27 10 12 14 16 17 , 2011 in Date ( rd Fukushima Ekiden (long-distance relay race). % was the lowest in history. The election for Futaba was held % was the lowest in history. 27 13 23 51 local elections delayed owing to the earthquake. The turnout of local elections delayed owing to the earthquake. . th Dalai Lama conducts lectures at Nihon University Faculty of th Dalai Lama conducts and Kawamata. evacuation zones— of Bhutan visit Soma. They participate in a memorial service in the of Bhutan visit Soma. with young students. area and communicate disaster-stricken nonvoting zones where seven members returned to office—for the designates additional accident, the International Commission on Radiological Protection prefecture that “dialogue with and government (ICRP) advises the of reconstruction and decontamination the for vital is residents get underway. Eighty-eight candidates run for Eighty-eight candidates get underway. Daiichi nuclear power plant to reporters for the firsttime since the “I stating apologizes, Yoshida Masao Manager Plant accident. my sincere apologies for the inconvenience and would like to offer the at accident the by of Fukushima people the to caused trouble power plant.” prefecture wide mobile thyroid inspection of approximately 360,000 children who are exceeding the safe dose stipulated in the Food Sanitation Law (500 from the Onami Bq/kg), is detected in unpolished rice (brown rice) and distributors in the district Producers district of Fukushima City. rice year’s this of shipment restrict to city by the requested are produce. rice crop from the Onami district of shipment of this year’s This is the first case of Fukushima City for the time being. shipment restrictions on rice since the nuclear accident. 58 47 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident evacuation areas is set to zero, areas is set to nuclear accident evacuation Fukushima Daiichi exempted. and donation taxes are and inheritance increase radius for the selective the disaster implementation of accidents from 8– against nuclear prevention measures 14 people and delivers a message to Engineering in Koriyama Fukushima. in suffering can independently claim compensation so that residents of Futaba isThis the first time a defense council has been for damages. body of an evacuation area. formed by the governing in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture. the km. The target radius for sheltering indoors and using iodine tablets tablets iodine using and indoors sheltering for radius target The km. is newly designated as November November 6 November November November November November November 7 November November November ● The Tibetan Buddhist Leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner the ● King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema ● begins Voting in fourteen electoral zones—excluding five ● The government’s Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters ● In response to the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant ● Local elections delayed owing to the Great East Japan Earthquake ● The government and TEPCO open the premises of the Fukushima ● As part of Fukushima Prefecture’s Health Management Survey, a cesium, 630 Bq of radioactive that announces Prefecture ● Fukushima ● The government instructs Fukushima Prefecture to discontinue the ● The Nuclear Safety Commission’s Working Group agrees to ● Futaba decides to form a defense council to negotiate with TEPCO ● The Iwaki City team, including Kashiwabara, Ryuji is victorious in , 2011–November , 2011–November 30 August August years of being stored. 30 .1025 trillion, aiming for full-scale full-scale for aiming trillion, .1025 12 municipalities where rice was planted this 48 29 30 29 31 10 12 20 21 27 year are now able to ship their produce. Governor Yuhei Sato Sato Yuhei Governor produce. their ship to now able are year issues a declaration of safety. that interim storage facilities for contaminated waste from that interim storage facilities for contaminated waste from prefecture the within provided be will processes decontamination for approximately three years. Contaminated waste will then be disposed of outside the prefecture within owing to delays in shelters within the prefecture arrives; however, the in remain 300 people housing, of temporary the construction shelters. bodies and governing from universities of individuals consisting The group will visit the within Fukushima, departs for Ukraine. post- the inspect to 4 November on plant power nuclear Chernobyl accident conditions there. TEPCO for The coefficient roadside land prices in 2011. between June and August, published by the Ministry of Internal Ministry published by the August, of Internal between and June three the among one only the is Fukushima shows that Affairs, devastated prefectures to have experienced excessive outward of the prefecture. people migrated out migration. 7828 five in such as designated zone for orders preparation The government and Fukushima Prefecture dispatch municipalities. staff and decontamination experts to municipalities to support the return of residents. decontaminate areas where the amount of radiation exceeds 1 mSv policy to conduct The original funding. per year using government up with areas high-radiation locally on focusing decontamination to 5 mSv is revoked. were samples all in cesium of radioactive levels that announces (500 Law Food Sanitation the in stipulated dose safe the than lower All areas of Bq/kg). TEPCO Fukushima Daini Fukushima, including those at the nuclear power plant, is accepted unanimously in the final plenary Governor Assembly. session of the September Regular Prefectural suggests a policy to create a Fukushima Reconstruction Sato Yuhei Plan based on decommissioning of all nuclear reactors. of spending government a from radioactive of internal radiation evaluating the effects effects “health states food products and in contained materials occur when the lifetime cumulative dose exceeds 100 The mSv.” Welfare. report is forwarded to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Upon receiving the report, the Ministry of Health, Labour and issues a policy that tightens radiation limits for food Welfare products. reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake. The total The total reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake. trillion yen. budget amount after this revision is a record 106.3987 October October November 1 September October October October October September September October ● Ministry of the Environment announces a work schedule stating ● The regulatory closure date for primary and secondary evacuation ● Belarus–Ukraine Investigation Group from Fukushima, mainly ● Agency The announces National Tax the adjustment coefficient for ● A ● A population change report based on basic resident registrations ● The government simultaneously lifts all emergency evacuation ● Ministry of the Environment formulates a basic policy to ● Upon completion of examinations of rice, Fukushima Prefecture ● A request for decommissioning of all ten nuclear reactors in includes which budget, revised third on the decides government The ● ● Cabinet Office’s Food Safety Commission publishes a report ,000 ,000 60 ,000 people visit with with visit ,000 people 15 . 13 . Up to 2500 people had been housed at the . Up to 2500 people had been housed at the 23 24 15 17 19 23 12 13 performances from Toshiyuki Nishida, Masaharu Fukuyama, and and Fukuyama, Masaharu Nishida, Toshiyuki from performances Masami Nagasawa. General Gymnasium in Fukushima City takes place. Evacuees left before September plant (towns of Naraha and Tomioka), Minister of Economy, Trade Trade Minister of Economy, Tomioka), plant (towns of Naraha and the that think don’t “I states Edano Yukio Industry and understanding of the locals can be gained,” indicating that decommissioning of the nuclear reactors is inevitable. Agricultural of the ten satellite high schools, Haramachi and Soma High Schools will return to the original school locations and Futaba, Futaba Shoyo, and Tomioka (excluding International Sports courses) will be amalgamated into a single satellite school at Iwaki Meisei University. held in Koriyama. Approximately denuclearization by writer Kenzaburo Oe, is held in Meiji Park, The Tokyo. number of participants is approximately radioactivity preliminary in Nihonmatsu Obama, of district one examinations of regular Fukushima produced rice. Fukushima Prefecture designates a city as a priority examination zone for the Three hundred locations are to be investigated. first time. experts from fourteen countries and belonging to two international Participants at Fukushima Medical University. is held organizations scientists and members of the medical discuss “the necessity for profession to do their very best to explain the effects of radioactivity to residents.” of 3373 residents of Namie, Iitate, and Health Management Survey “the amount of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture concludes that health.” anyone’s enough to affect radiation is not large preparation zone designations. evacuation removal of emergency home return to residents allows that policy a indicates plan The from February to March 2012. It is the first time for any of the five to indicate a time municipalities involved in the zone designations period for returning home. Safety Agency Chief Hiroyuki Fukano explains about the nuclear He Conference. Member Assembly at the Prefectural accident that system network the “SPEEDI,” utilizing not that admits a was predicts releases of radioactive material during emergencies, mistake. facility since its opening on March according to the information released by the host. This is the largest This is the largest according to the information released by the host. rally since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. September September September September September September September ● The closing ceremony for the primary evacuation shelter Azuma at ● Addressing the situation at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power ● Fukushima Board of Education announces that as of next year, out ● Day four of “Live Fukushima: Kaze to Rock Super Nomaoi” is ● The “Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants Rally,” a call for ● 500 Bq per kilogram of radioactive cesium is detected in rice from ● According ● to the Internal Radiation Dose section of the Prefectural ● Kawauchi makes public its recovery plan, a prerequisite for the ● Ministry of Trade Economy, and Industry’s Nuclear and Industrial th Prime Prime th 95 Earthquake Disaster Document Disaster Earthquake years after the late late the after years 31 . years ago. nd person to take the post in the take the post in the nd person to 20 33 62 11 10 31 , with a vote on November 5th District in the House of Representatives) is unofficially 5th District in the House of Representatives) is unofficially appointed as Parliamentary Secretary of Finance and Section Chief of Fukushima Response Local Headquarters, which functions under the Great East Japan Earthquake Reconstruction Headquarters. Thirteen School Girls Hula Championship) for the first time. schools from around Japan participate. Onahama and Iwaki General win excellence awards. regional inspections for the first time since being elected, stating his idea of creating a fund for reconstruction purposes. elections are postponed owing to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster will begin from November Masayoshi Ito. nomination election for prime minister in a plenary session of the nomination election for prime and the House of Councilors. House of Representatives 10 following comments stating that municipalities near the Fukushima he and that of death” were “towns Daiichi nuclear power plants could “contaminate” a reporter with radiation. nuclear The disaster. upper expense limit for evacuation instructed for person per occurrence is 5000 yen per by the government transport expenses and 8000 yen per night for accommodation costs. undergo shelters evacuation primary as in Koriyama Fukushima Three regulatory closure as indicated by Fukushima Prefecture. were left at ten shelters. hundred and forty people to basic resident registers, was Fukushima on July 1, according 1,997,400. This is the first time the population has droppedbelow two million since June 1978, Minister of Japan and the Minister of Compensation Dispute Resolution Center,” responsible for responsible for Compensation Dispute Resolution Center,” TEPCO and victims in response settlement and mediation between The center to the nuclear accident, begins accepting applications. receives a rush of telephone requests. of House the in District 3rd Fukushima (representing Minister of Foreign Representatives) becomes the ’s representative has It is the second time a Fukushima Affairs. Affairs, Foreign of Minister the become September 8 September 4 August September September September 1 September 2 ● Izumi of Yoshida the Democratic Party (representing Fukushima ● Akihabara (Tokyo) hosts the Hula Girls Koshien (National High ● Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko visits Fukushima to conduct ● Fukushima Election Administration Council announces that local 294 ● An international conference of radiology and radiation protection ● Minister of Trade Economy, and Industry Hachiro Yoshio resigns ● Yoshihiko ● Noda Yoshihiko of the Democratic Party becomes the ● The evacuation shelter closing ceremony is held at Big Palette ● Fukushima Prefecture announces that the estimated population of ● The Tokyo office of the government’s “Nuclear Damage ● Former Minister of State for National Policy Koichiro Genba Supplementary FUKUSHIMA: Lives on the Line Materials 297 ,000 ,000 50 . months. 30 11 , and 29 , 28 14 10 11 12 13 th. , 2012 16 Prefectural Police Departments. They have been nicknamed They have Prefectural Police Departments. 14 21 ,833. including those within the evacuation zone, the prefecture including those within the evacuation zone, the prefecture distributes personal dosimeters to approximately Reconstruction Bureau in Fukushima City and branches in in and branches City Reconstruction Bureau in Fukushima Minamisoma and Iwaki. by an executive committee that the Soma Nomaoi Festival, which cultural folk intangible important an as designated nationally is again be held on the traditional scale over three will once property, days on July first time since his appointment. He visits the Iwaki branch of the Fukushima Reconstruction Bureau. tests) of the Prefectural High School entrance exams this spring is the 350 officers seconded from the Metropolitan Police Departmentthe 350 officers seconded and 10 of students during phase accepted I, from schools such as the TEPCO satellite schools in the Soso district established after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, did not fillthe quota set by the Fukushima Prefectural Board of Education. TEPCO and Comprehensive Special Business Plan” submitted by has decided upon additional support amounting to 689.4 billion yen in compensation for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Edano, Yukio Industry, and Trade Economy, of Minister accident. has shown that he intends to control the management rights. Daiichi the Fukushima of 2 Unit vessel in pressure reactor the temperatures, rising showing been have plant power nuclear TEPCO announces that “almost all wiring connecting the temperature gauges is disconnected and it is likely that the device TEPCO submitted a report to Ministry of has malfunctioned.” Agency Nuclear Industrial Safety and Industry’s Trade Economy, on the the “Ultra Police Force.” disaster by the nuclear fund for prefectures affected emergency should This individuals. and households to name) (provisional bring some benefits to the Kennan (Southern Fukushima) Aizu and areas of the prefecture. the first time in around “Recovery Vision,” which states that they intend to return to the village together while maintaining their bonds. February February February 6 February 8 February February February ● In anticipation of the return of residents to twelve municipalities, ● The Reconstruction Agency becomes operational with a ● After being forced to scale back the event last year, it was decided ● Reconstruction Minister Hirano Tatsuo visits the prefecture for the ● The quota of students for full-time selection phase II (achievement ● An entrance ceremony is held at the Prefectural Police Academy for Police An entrance ceremony is held at the Prefectural ● ● This number is higher than originally planned because the number ● The government has approved, among others, the “Second ● In response to the news that temperature gauges at the bottom of ● The government consolidates its policy of allocating part of the ● Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki resumes full business operations for ● Katsurao, a village which was completely evacuated, announces a , 2011–February , 2011–February 27 billion trillion trillion 25 58 billion yen to billion yen to 43 November November municipalities who municipalities who 23 Fukushima firefighters who died in the 24 26 31 15 17 18 20 21 22 former municipalities. ,147 in the previous year. ,147 in the previous year. 56 44 line of duty during the tsunami is held in Minamisoma. yen for Prefectural Health Examinations according to the Education, of Ministry the by provided guidelines intermediary Reconciliation Dispute Technology and Science Sports, Culture, Committee. yen, the highest yet. The testing material on the rice produced in 2011. for radioactive municipalities twelve in found was Bq 100–500 of amount focal and Fukushima Prefecture in order to compensate residents of the Fukushima Prefecture in order to compensate residents of the Aizu areas who fall outside the Kennan (Southern Fukushima) and own their of evacuated who residents for compensation of scope accord. schedules for eleven municipalities in hazard zones and planned planned hazard zones and in municipalities eleven for schedules evacuation zones. Declaration.” was the total, half almost yen, 725.5 billion which 2012, of year and earthquake of the aftermath the with to dealing allocated nuclear disasters. The general account expenditure is 1. detected inside an apartment in Wakamiya. Stone from a quarry in quarry a from Stone Wakamiya. in apartment an inside detected a planned evacuation zone, had been used during Tsushima, Namie, construction of the building. that ready-mixed concrete made from macadam shipped from at almost 1000 locations. had been used Tsushima Namie, residents are living. where Iitate City, fell population The 1 was 1,982,991. as of January prefecture the by Restoration Office opens in Fukushima City. announces a policy to introduce a system where, starting with 2012 where, starting with policy to introduce a system announces a dose conduct total radiation producers and distributors rice outputs, inspections of their rice. to residents of compensation payments Recovery, which is currently being submitted to the Diet, is which is currently being submitted to the Diet, is Recovery, presented at the Fukushima Reconstruction and Recovery Council. evacuated of their own accord by the end of March. evacuated of their own accord January February 3 January January February 2 January January January January 4 January 8 January February 4 January ● A ● A memorial service for ● Fukushima Prefecture publishes the final results of emergency ● Ministry of the Environment announces decontamination work ● Kawauchi Mayor Endo Yuko makes a “Village Returnee ● Fukushima Prefecture announces the original draft budget for fiscal 2012 ● Nihonmatsu announces that radiation exceeding outdoor levels was ● Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s investigation reveals ● Prince and Princess visit temporary housing in Fukushima with TEPCO agrees to compensate Fukushima Prefecture ● ● Fukushima Prefecture announces that the estimated population of ● Ministry of the Environment’s Fukushima Environment ● The government establishes a policy to provide ● Speaking at a New press Year conference, Governor Sato Yuhei ● Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko reveals a policy to begin ● The Act on Special Measures for Fukushima Reconstruction and

20 trillion yen—reduced for the first time 33 . 90 27 28 21 22 23 24 26 trillion yen, the largest ever, owing to a special account for the ever, trillion yen, the largest in six years. Expenditure increases significantly to approximately to purchase rice from areas that were subject to restrictions after to purchase rice from areas that were subject to restrictions after The ministry over 500 Bq/kg of radioactive cesium was detected. will also purchase rice from farms where over 100 Bq/kg was through a nongovernmental The rice will be purchased detected. at the total shipment price. organization December the of session plenary final the in disaster nuclear Assembly Fukushima Prefectural Assembly, Regular Prefectural stating that “the unanimously approves a written argument We Fukushima. in situation the understand not does government demand that they revoke the declaration and endeavor to create an environment in which evacuated residents can return home.” Accidents Goshi Hosono officially and Prevention of Nuclear Sato and local leaders of plans to construct Yuhei advise Governor an interim storage facility for contaminated waste within Futaba towns, district. Two Okuma and Futaba, are possible suggested as locations for the facility. within the prefecture that will be decontaminated directly by the the directly by that will be decontaminated within the prefecture government. Namie- the to construct request Company’s Power Electric Tohoku the that the construction of power plant. It is likely Odaka nuclear which Assembly, City Minamisoma as canceled be will plant halt to resolutions approves also district, Odaka includes of the plant becomes realistically The construction construction. difficult. The cesium contained in food products. the amount of radioactive new limits are significantly stricter than before. Interim measures and other produce. are implemented for rice who children, 1000 Over Koriyama. Yokozuka, in opens region, are unable to play outdoors, visit the facility. account expenditure is 96 Great East Japan Earthquake reconstruction. zones evacuation the restructure to government decides the The three March. according to yearly radiation dosage at the end of order removal zone types will be as follows: “evacuation preparation zone,” “restricted inhabitation zone,” and “difficult to possible inhabitation will be below The limit for return zone.” mSv per year, as before. mSv per year, The report. Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster releases its interim cooling of mismanagement of possibility the indicates report damage to core reactors possibly causing operations at the various occur more quickly. For example, none of the plant workers had experience in operating emergency core cooling systems at Unit 1 Reactor. The report indicates that TEPCO was an “extremely incapable” enterprise. December December December December December December December ● Ministry Agriculture, of Forestry and Fisheries decides on a policy ● Addressing the government’s “declaration of containment” of the ● Minister of the Environment and Minister for the Restoration from ● Namie Town Assembly approves ● a Namie Town resolution to completely revoke ● Ministry of Health, Labour and announces Welfare new limits for Tohoku the indoor play facility in Kids Koriyama,” the largest ● “PEP 2012. General year for fiscal budget on the decides government The ● ● Following the “declaration of containment” of the nuclear disaster, ● The Government’s Investigation Commission on the TEPCO ,000 ,000 80 Earthquake Disaster Document Disaster Earthquake mSv per year after two mSv per year after two 10 farms across the prefecture. 18 municipalities in Fukushima Fukushima in municipalities 40 th. 26 municipalities in Fukushima, where residents were municipalities in Fukushima, where residents were 23 30 29 18 19 16 15 12 not instructed to evacuate their homes. Pregnant women and Pregnant women and evacuate their homes. to instructed not receive children will receive 400,000 yen and others will yen. Prefecture, as “Priority Contamination Examination Areas” in government using conducted be will decontamination which The ministry also announces the eleven municipalities funding. Compensation decides on a new policy to compensate 1.5 million Compensation decides on a new policy to compensate people from eight prefectures, including including prefectures, eight advises Fukushima Prefecture and the municipalities concerning concerning the municipalities Prefecture and Fukushima advises plans to restructure evacuation zones into three new zone types on April 1, 2012 according to radiation levels. Minister states “we have confirmed that the the that confirmed “we have Noda states Yoshihiko Minister nuclear reactors are in cold shut down and that the accident itself is the work 2” of “Step the completion of announcing over,” schedule. low amounts of radiation over long periods presents proposals low amounts of radiation over long periods presents proposals figures for the reduction of including intermediate target of reduction stage by stage a suggest proposals The contamination. the amount of radiation, specifically and Prevention of Nuclear Accidents Goshi Hosono advises local Accidents Goshi Hosono advises local and Prevention of Nuclear in Futaba district of plans to construct interim storage officials facilities for contaminated waste within the district. Iwaki is held. The lighthouse was damaged in the earthquake. The lighthouse was damaged Iwaki is held. the situation surrounding reconstruction in Fukushima, at is held USA. Fukushima Minpo News York, the Japanese Embassy in New photographs. among other newspapers exhibits panels of published All lanes on the pacific side of the for all users gets underway. highway are free for all vehicles every day. Tohoku district, Fukushima Watari detected in rice from three farms in are restrictions shipment that requests Prefecture Fukushima City. district (formerly Fukushima City). Watari placed on rice from Radiation levels exceeding the safe dose are also detected in rice from two farms in Onami district (formerly Oguni Village), making a total of Fukushima City, contaminated areas.” contaminated the Office from Preparedness, government instructs the Fukushima Emergency rice crop from the shipment of this year’s Prefecture to discontinue Tsukidate, Date City and one part of Oguni District of Ryozen, case of This is the second was harvested. where contaminated rice placed on Onami the restrictions shipment restrictions following District, Fukushima City. years and 5 mSv per year for the following stage. December December 6 December December December December 1 December 2 November December November ● The Dispute Reconciliation Committee for Nuclear Damage 296 ● The Ministry of the Environment designates 102 municipalities in ● After reviewing the current evacuation zoning, the government ● Addressing the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Prime ● The government working group investigating the health effects of ● Minister of the Environment and Minister for the Restoration from ● A ● A relighting ceremony for Shioyasaki Lighthouse in Tairausuiso, ● A reception for the “Blue Sky Project which in demonstrates NY,” new A ● system where highways in the region Tohoku are made free ● Radioactive cesium levels exceeding the national safe dose are ● Opinion exchange meetings are held at Fukushima Prefectural ● According to the Act on Special Measures Concerning Nuclear Supplementary FUKUSHIMA: Lives on the Line Materials

18 299 municipalities in the Kenpoku (Northern Kenpoku (Northern municipalities in the 23 nd National Symposium on Issues for Small and Medium Medium and Small for Issues on Symposium National nd 10 , 2012 42 10 Enterprises in Fukushima” begins at the Hamatsu hotel in hotel in Enterprises in Fukushima” begins at the Hamatsu Koriyama. Approximately 1,600 owners of small and medium under the slogansized businesses from around the country gathered we will in the year since the disaster, “with the strong bonds forged never wither and with the power of small and medium businesses, The economy.” Japanese the revive and regions rebuild will we symposium will be held until March 9. the assumption that six reactors (Unit 5 and 6 Reactors of the Reactors of 1–4 Unit plant and nuclear power Fukushima Daiichi for down shut be will plant) power nuclear Daini Fukushima the ten years from fiscal year 2012. It decides that it would be difficult to make any plan involving restarting the reactors. Sato Yuhei at the Prefectural Office and apologizes again for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster as the one year anniversary approaches. and the eight municipalities in Futaba County, Goshi Hosono, the Goshi Hosono, the and the eight municipalities in Futaba County, Minister, and Nuclear Disaster Concurrent Environment Minister in created be to facilities storage temporary for request a makes controlled a Hosono requests Minister Naraha. and Okuma, Futaba, He waste. contaminated accept to Tomioka in site disposal waste promises to make legislation that ensures that contaminated waste in the temporary storage facilities will be finally disposed of outside the Prefecture. of the disaster. Thirteen Oshima cherry trees are planted in the Thirteen Oshima cherry trees are planted in the of the disaster. in the town, which is in the hazard zone, Misaki Sports Park Tenjin people killed in the tsunami. Futaba and in memory of the thirteen service. Iwaki hold a joint memorial years who evacuated to the voluntary evacuation compensation compensation the voluntary evacuation years who evacuated to zones, such as Fukushima) and Kenchu (Central Fukushima) areas of the the of areas Fukushima) (Central Kenchu and Fukushima) plant power nuclear Daiichi Fukushima the following prefecture, disaster will be paid a further 400,000 yen per person. on Special “Bill the to modifications to make agree Komeito of Fukushima,” Measures for the Regeneration and Reconstruction for the responsible government central the makes which the Fukushima reconstruction of this prefecture in the wake of that reveals government The disaster. plant power nuclear Daiichi it will offer financial supportto the prefectural fundto beused to provide health checks to residents and make healthcare free for children. that will have cranes to extract fuel will begin in autumn this year the pool in the with the aim of removing the spent fuel from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Unit 4 Extraction Reactor. work is expected to start toward the end of next year. March 9 March March 5 March 6 March 7 March 8 ● TEPCO TEPCO announces that it will work on ● plans to supply power under ● TEPCO President Toshio Nishizawa meets Prefectural Governor ● At the conference between the government, Fukushima Prefecture, ● TEPCO announces that pregnant women and children under ● The Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the New ● TEPCO announces that construction of a “fuel extraction cover” ● The “ , 2012–March , 2012–March 14 February February municipalities will be municipalities will be years and younger who who younger and years full-time and six part-time 23 18 87 .3 billion yen (based on total 60 households. % of the allocation amount applied for 22 60 residents in 47 29 28 voluntarily evacuated outside of the voluntarily evacuated outside in seven municipalities will be decided on at a later date. center) of the nuclear accident, is opened to the media for the first time. of the reactor pressure vessel of Unit 2 Reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant showed abnormally rapid increases in a is there as monitoring for used be longer no will and temperature possibility that the readings are incorrect. East Japan Great for companies damaged by the organization loan double avoid to order in established was which Earthquake, This will by the disaster. problems for the companies affected businesses in this prefecture. support affected one year anniversary Earthquake in Naraha takes place prior to the Prefectural High Schools. Of the nine satellite schools, only only schools, satellite nine the Schools. Of High Prefectural the other premises, school the on ceremony its holds Haramachi eight hold it at other venues. reconstruction the utilize will that businesses to released be to Japan East Great by the affected governments for local subsidies Earthquake. In Fukushima, the prefectural government and eleven municipalities will share a total of rice production in 2012. Rice from areas in which between 100 Bq in which between 100 in 2012. Rice from areas rice production rice was detected in the 2011 of radioactive cesium and 500 Bq/kg crop will that there is be accepted on the condition thorough Although of every bag. management and testing production with levels of more than 500 on areas restrictions will be placed to down these narrow could municipalities and prefecture the Bq, “village sections.” of children and women pregnant to and “Fukushima Special Zone for Industrial Revitalization Medical for Zone Special “Fukushima and Promotion” Investment the with Industry Revitalization” to be recognized in accordance a Act, Zones Special Reconstruction Japan Earthquake East Great first for this prefecture. Resolution collective claim to the Nuclear Damages Dispute Including a minimum monthly compensation payment of Center. 350,000 yen, this amounts to a total of approximately 450 million yen for the preparation area, town hall functions fully restart in the original preparation area, town hall functions fully restart in the original building for the first time This in is almost the a first year. return of local government among the nine evacuated municipalities. project cost). Moreover, project cost). Moreover, increased by 200,000 yen to 600,000 yen per person, according to increased by 200,000 yen Disputethe guidelines set by the Reconciliation Committee for Nuclear Damage Compensation. the that in standards provisional summarizes Committee cesium should be less than 100 Bq/kg concentration of radioactive in this for shipments of crushed stone and gravel produced April. from This will come into effect prefecture. March 3 March 4 March 2 February March 1 February ● Okuma, which has been designated as the front line outpost (offsite TEPCO announces that one of the temperature gauges at the bottom ● launch A ● ceremony is held in Sendai for the reconstruction support ● A memorial service for the victims of the Great East Japan ● The Reconstruction Ministry determines the first allocation amounts ● ● Agriculture, Ministry Forestry of and Fisheries announces plans for ● TEPCO announces that the amount of compensation from TEPCO ● Fukushima Prefecture applies to the Agency Reconstruction for the ● Futaba, which has formed its own legal team, files the first ● In Hirono, which was formerly an emergency evacuation ● Graduation ceremonies are held at the ● ● Ministry of Trade Economy, and Industry Expert Advisory th 26 ,000 households and ,000 households and , the lowest since the million yen including 13 04 23 are living alone. are living alone. 65 of the current standard level. The of the current standard level. 20 .9 mSv per hour), which was recorded in both in recorded was hour), which per mSv .9 89 25 26 27 22 23 24 ,001 people are living in temporary housing in the prefecture. Of in the prefecture. living in temporary housing ,001 people are on topics such as the dissemination of radiation countermeasure countermeasure of radiation on topics such as the dissemination residents. information and the continuation of dialogue with opens its “Dialogue Seminar” in Date. The commission will make The commission will make opens its “Dialogue Seminar” in Date. on the its recommendations to the government and prefectures 31 over the age of those, 1323 people level of radioactive cesium in food officially approves new stricter current the from reduced food,” “general in Bq/kg 100 of levels provisional standard to 1/4–1/ towns and villages in the Futaba area and the national government towns and villages in the Futaba area and the national to discuss the establishment of temporary storage facilities in the plant power nuclear Daiichi Fukushima TEPCO of the wake Association of accident are canceled after the Head of the Chairmen of and Towns Villages in the Futaba Region and Mayor of Futaba, Katsutaka Idogawa, claimed that the rapport with the The five government had been damaged and refused to attend. chairmen that did attend held unofficial talks with the government the with of consultations the establishment and confirmed prefecture, including eight municipalities. the current evacuation zones to create three new zones will be for processes assistance provide will and section” on “village based not covered by compensation which are returning home, such as such as returning home. Evacuees who have long-term difficulties returning home will receive support from both their home municipality and the municipality they evacuated to. the Nuclear Damage Compensation Dispute Resolution Center by on the amicably established are Okuma from evacuated a couple TEPCO will pay a total of condition that new criteria will be effective from April 1. from new criteria will be effective on the ground in the air radiation dose per 100 square meters found government warning areas being decontaminated under the direct The highest value was control and some planned evacuation areas. ( year per mSv 470 high and low parts of Yamada, Futaba Town, about 4 km to the about 4 km to the Town, Futaba Yamada, high and low parts of west of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. full-time system began in 2002. residential damage where homes became uninhabitable. It is the the is It uninhabitable. became homes where damage residential reached for settlement has been out of court first time that an residential damages. Watari district, which was made a high-priority decontamination high-priority decontamination a made was which district, Watari area. This is the first surface decontamination of a residential area in the prefecture. selection stage II (achievement tests) Prefectural High School School High Prefectural tests) (achievement II stage selection Entrance Exams this spring passes and the final ratio of students per available seat is confirmed as being 1. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries about the regions where levels of about where levels the and Forestry Agriculture, regions Fisheries >100Bq/kg crop were rice in the 2012 detected cesium radioactive in municipalities hadbut problematic, regions these become the regions will mostlyallowed be to plantin thefuture. and ≤500 Bq/kg. Coordination between the government and February February February February February February ● The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) ● A ● A prefecture summary reveals that about ● Ministry of Health, Labour and Council Welfare for new standard ● The opinion exchange meetings between the heads of the eight ● Reconstruction Hirano Minister Tatsuo signals that restructuring of ● Procedures of settlement mediation for the damage claims filed to ● Ministry of the Environment publishes an interim report measuring ● Fukushima begins full-scale decontamination of residences in the ● The deadline for primary applications changes for full-time ● ● The prefecture consolidates its policy and informs the Ministry of

.6 05 13 ,486 ,486 10 Earthquake Disaster Document Disaster Earthquake .6 tons to 17 .8%, had received received had .8%, 57 mSv per year evacuation limit. 20 % of % of 59 million tons of million tons of 08 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 residents of the municipalities of Namie and Iitate and the residents of the municipalities of Namie and Iitate and the being is testing priority where of Kawamata, district Yamakiya performed. Of the 9747 people who have not engaged in work to equivalent 5636 people, radiation, involving data show that only 4% of the data show that only 4% of the estimated 2. TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, the the disaster, TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (over 4 months prefecture publishes the estimated cumulative dose after the disaster) of external radiation exposure of the being injected into the reactor pressure vessel of Fukushima of Fukushima being injected into the reactor pressure vessel Daiichi nuclear power plant Unit 2 Reactor from Disaster Minister, indicates that he thinks the compensation for that he thinks the compensation for indicates Disaster Minister, plant disaster psychological damage caused by the nuclear power villages. to their returned have residents after even continue should the returnee Goshi Hosono visits Kawauchi, the village that issued declaration, for the first time and meets the residents. Prefectural High School Admission Exams this spring. Owing to schools and eleven of the twelve all eight the nuclear disaster, departments in Soso, where satellite schools are set up, have significant applicant shortages. The average full time ratio of 1. households. Governor Yuhei Sato announces that a supplementary announces that a supplementary Sato Yuhei Governor households. budget of approximately 1.5 billion yen is to be submitted in the Assembly. Prefectural regular February Noda at the Official Prime Ministerial Residence and informs him of the Returnee “Village Declaration.” Prime Minister Noda offers compensation for psychological trauma his support for continuing caused to village returnees. facilitation announces the first “compensation criteria,” which will TEPCO proceedings for claims against form the basis of mediation by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power owing to damages caused They will be aiming for quick settlements. plant accident. tons per The hour. measure was in response to the confirmation of the failure of temperature gauges at the bottom of the same The plan state.” container used in the criteria of a “cold shutdown is to reduce the amount to 9 tons. is the lowest since the current system was introduced. debris in coastal Fukushima has been recycled or incinerated. percent lowest the is This Tohoku three the among by the prefectures affected earthquake and tsunami. just Moreover, Fukushima’s rubble has been rubble has been Fukushima’s moved to provisional processing percent lowest the again, sites, among the prefectures. systems dose measurement radiation real-time begins operation of in approximately 2700 places around the prefecture, including schools and parks. doses of radiation lower than the annual limit of 1 mSv. Two Two mSv. 1 of limit annual the than lower radiation of doses women had levels over the February February February February February February February 298 ● Ministry of the Environment ● In a healthcare study on Fukushima residents affected by the ● TEPCO announces that it has reduced the amount of cooling water ● Goshi Hosono, the concurrent Environment Minister and Nuclear ● The deadline for the primary applications for stage II of the ● Kawauchi Mayor Yuko Endo ● meets Kawauchi with Yuko Mayor Prime Yoshihiko Minister ● The government’s center for nuclear damage compensation ● Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Earthquake Disaster Document

March 11 ● Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announces ● It is one year since the official land prices as of January 1. The average rate of fluctuation Great East Japan across the entire prefecture was −6.2% for residential areas and Earthquake. A prefectural −7.2% for commercial areas, which exceeded the national average. memorial service is held at The effects of the nuclear disaster are striking. The investigation Comcom in Fukushima was not conducted within the 17 hazard zones. [Campus Map] City to pray for the victims March 23 City Route Minami-machi, of the earthquake. ● Graduation ceremonies are held at all 477 national elementary Asakawa

schools with the exception of ten schools in Soso district, which Bridge University Medical Fukushima are closed, and two schools in Iwaki with no pupils. 18,796 pupils graduate, which is 1636 less than the previous year owing to the effects of the nuclear power plant accident. Archery Hall March 13 March 26 Requiem Japanese Archery Hall Monument ● Graduation ceremonies are held at 232 of the 237 public junior high ● Kawauchi, which moved its village hall functions to Koriyama Laboratory Animals Memorial Monument (Former) schools. Five other schools are temporarily closed owing to the because of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, Waste Water Athletic Field Disposal Facility nuclear power plant disaster. 19,900 students graduate, which is resumes business in its original location. Of all nine municipalities Parking Gymnasium Suginoko Nursery 599 less than last year owing to people evacuating to places outside that moved their operational functions, Kawauchi is the second to Area Incinerator (day care center) Tennis Courts the prefecture. move back after Hirono. Parking Area Baseball Ground March 14 ● TEPCO announces that the water level in the containment vessel of Yoshimi House Building Building (nurses quarters) 9 11 Rehabilitation Center ● Results from selection stages I and II of the Prefectural High Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant Unit 2 Reactor is Building 10 School entrance exams are announced in 88 full-time schools, approximately 60 cm from the bottom of the vessel. The Building 8 Psychosomatic Medicine Building Building North Outpatient including satellite schools, and seven part-time schools. 15,136 examination was conducted by inserting an endoscope into the Building 7 Parking Area people passed. vessel. The level of water was lower than expected and seemed to Building 4 Building 3 Building 2 March 15 be leaking out of the vessel. Main Hospital Building Building 6 ● Naraha Town Council unanimously approves a written opinion that March 27 Building 5 High Energy Building opposes the creation of temporary storage facilities. ● Fukushima Prefecture advised municipalities of a policy to Building 1 Bicycle Parking Area MRI March 16 independently award compensation for psychological damage Building Lecture Affiliated Academic ● Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology outside of evacuation zones. Pregnant women and children under Hall Information Center Secondary Emergency Facility for Nuclear Disasters Nuclear Damage Dispute Reconciliation Committee decides 18 years from Aizu district will receive 200,000 yen per person, Parking Area Bicycle Parking Area compensation guidelines according to the government’s pregnant women and children from Kennan (Southern Fukushima) Disabled Hangar Parking Area restructuring of evacuation zones. Under the new system, residents district will receive 100,000 yen per person, and other residents City Route Kita-yawata, Kaneyama Heliport from “difficult to return” zones will receive compensation of six from the other districts will receive 40,000 yen per person. The million yen per person for psychological damage in one payment various municipalities will make arrangements to receive this Outpatient Parking Area as well as compensation for the full value of their home directly money on March 29. before the accident. Residents from “restricted inhabitation” zones March 28 will receive a two year amount of 2.4 million yen in one payment. ● Okuma Town Leader Toshitsuna Watanabe makes a request to the The monthly amount of compensation for “evacuation order government for the entire town to be designated as a “difficult to removal preparation” zones will be 100,000 yen per person. This is return zone.” The request is revealed in an All-member Town the committee’s final decision. Assembly. March 17 March 29 ● The Fukushima Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Reconstruction ● TEPCO submits an application to the government’s Nuclear Convention is held at Nihonmatsu Civic Hall. Approximately 1000 Damage Compensation Facilitation Corporation requesting a people pledge their involvement in the reconstruction. capital injection of one trillion yen of public funding. March 18 March 30 ● The six prefectures of Tohoku become one giant exhibition hall as ● The government restructures the evacuation zones in Minamisoma, FUKUSHIMA: Lives on the Line the “Destination TOHOKU Campaign” gets underway. The Tamura, and Kawauchi into three zone types according to radiation campaign was jointly developed by the Japan Tourism Agency and amounts. Minamisoma will be split into evacuation order removal A Compendium of Reports from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami local areas and aims to rejuvenate tourism, which suffered a sharp preparation, restricted inhabitation, and difficult to return zones, decline owing to the Great East Japan Earthquake. A reception Kawauchi will consist of evacuation order removal preparation and Published February 2013 ceremony is organized at JR Fukushima and Aizu Wakamatsu restricted inhabitation zones, and Tamura will be an evacuation stations. order removal preparation zone. Tamura and Kawauchi will make March 19 the transition to the new zone types on April 1 and Minamisoma ■ Issued by Fukushima Medical University ● The Futaba March Assembly unanimously approves a member will follow on April 16. 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima City proposed resolution to “return town hall functions to within the March 31 Fukushima Prefecture, 960-1295, Japan prefecture.” Futaba moved town hall functions to Saitama ● The free use of highways in the Tohoku region, which aimed to Prefecture owing to the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power assist the post-earthquake reconstruction, is brought to an end. Tel: +81-(0)24-547-1027 Fax: +81-(0)24-547-1991 plant disaster. A special committee is set up to research the new Url: http://www.fmu.ac.jp/ location, which will be used from the end of June. March 22 ■ Production and Printing: Minpo Printing Corporation ● TEPCO extends the scope of compensation for nonevacuation zone 10-7 Nihonenoki-mae, Sakura-shimo, Fukushima City areas to cover pregnant women and children under 18 years in nine municipalities in the Kennan (Southern Fukushima) area of Fukushima Prefecture, 960-2154, Japan Fukushima Prefecture. The compensation amount is 200,000 yen Tel: +81-(0)24-594-2170 (main phone number of the company) per person. At the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly, TEPCO indicates that they will donate three billion yen to the Fukushima Nuclear Damage Response Fund as financial assistance to Aizu, which falls outside the scope of compensation.

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