Provisional Translation (仮訳)

Policies and Measures for Reconstruction of Hamadori coastal region of

~Realizing the “Future Vision for Fukushima’s 12 Municipalities”~

April 12, 2016 1. Revitalization and Reconstruction of Fukushima

Long-term decommissioning; Lifting evacuation orders area by area; Measures responsive to evacuees’ needs and desires (1) Status of accident recovery efforts (Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) ① Decommissioning ・All units under cold shutdown; spent fuel assemblies removed from Unit 4 ・Measures in place against contaminated water ② Decontamination ・Decontamination work by national government of ordered-evacuation areas (as of end-January 2016) General decontamination completed in 1 city, 3 towns and 2 villages, and in the residential area of 1 village, out of 11 municipalities ・Decontamination work by municipal governments within Fukushima (as of end-November 2015) Completed for approx. 80% of public facilities, approx. 80% of residential areas, approx. 50% of roads ・Interim Storage Facility Construction and soil transportation have begun ③ Compensation/indemnification Payments being made for: mental suffering; lost commercial sales; incapacity; damage to real estate, homes, contents; recovery 1 2. Revitalization and Reconstruction of Fukushima

(2) Recovery status ① Areas under Evacuation Orders ・Areas classified as “returning home is difficult,” “living is not permitted” or “evacuation order will soon be lifted” ・Evacuation orders partially lifted for Tamura City (April 2014), Kawauchi Village (October 2014), Naraha Town (September 2015) ② Evacuees ・Evacuees across the country: approx. 97,000 (as of March 2016) ・Providing comparable levels of public services at municipalities receiving evacuees ・Providing consulting staff and reconstruction support staff, as well as a consultation system responsive to specific concerns, including radiation (3) Policies responding to evacuees’ needs and desires ① Those who want to return home Decontamination, restoration of infrastructure, resumption of services necessary for daily life ② Those who want to wait and see Public housing for long-term evacuees (approx. 1,100 units to be completed within FY2015 out of 4,900 planned); in-town reconstruction bases to be developed ③ Those starting new lives in other areas Payments of compensation; assistance in finding jobs and housing (4) Ensuring safety, confidence, and promoting settlement ・Radiation Risk Communication ・Measures against reputational damage 2 3.Numbers of Evacuees from Areas under Evacuation Orders

Areas where residents will not be able to Legend return home for a long time Areas Under Evacuation Orders (Approx. 24,200 people in 9,000 households) Current total evacuees from Area where living is not permitted Fukushima Approx. 97,000 (As of September 5, 2015) (Approx. 22,900 people in 8,300 households) Area where evacuation order will soon be lifted (As of March 2016) (Approx. 24,000 people in 8,100 households) Areas formerly under evacuation orders ※ Approx. 164,000 at the peak (June 2012) Dates when orders were lifted: Tamura City, April 1, 2014 Kawauchi Village, October 1, 2014 From areas under evacuation Naraha Town, September 5, 2015 Orders Approx. 70,000 9 municipalities (As of September 2015)

Areas where residents will not be able to return home for a long time Approx. 24,000 (34%)

Areas in which residents are not permitted to live Approx. 23,000 (32%)

Areas where evacuation orders will soon be lifted Approx. 24,000 (34%)

3 4. Expert Panel on Future of Fukushima’s 12 Municipalities

【Future Vision for Fukushima’s 12 Municipalities】 ○At the instruction of the Minister of Reconstruction, an expert panel was formed in 2014, discussed a “future in which people have hope,” compiled a proposal and submitted it to the Minister in July 2015. ○ Proposal on “challenges and courses of action toward 2020” with focus on regional image in 30 to 40 years. ○ Responsibility of the national government for recovery and reconstruction of Fukushima is clearly stated. and the role of the prefecture as a “wide-area municipality” is also made clear. The role of the national government in reconstruction of Fukushima ten years after the accident is a subject for future discussion.

Discussions up to now (Dec. 2014 – now) Members 【1st】 Focus of discussion, reconstruction plan for (Chairperson) Fukushima Prefecture and six towns and Takashi Onishi President of the Toyohashi University of Technology (Urban villages, and Fukushima Innovation Coast Engineering, President of the Science Council of , Member of the Reconstruction Design Council in Response to Scheme the Great East Japan Earthquake) 【2nd】 Reconstruction plans of six municipalities, (Acting Chairperson) status of decommissioning process, status of Hitoshi Ieda Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, decommissioning/interim storage facility University of (Transportation Research and Infrastructure Planning) 【3rd】 Agriculture, forestry, fisheries Masao Uchibori of Fukushima Prefecture 【4th】 Health/medicine, education/development of Kentaro Ooyama President of Iris Ohyama Inc. (Chairman of the Sendai human resources Association of Corporate Executives, Member of the 【 】 Reconstruction Promotion Committee) 5th Agriculture, nursing-care/prevention, health Kohei Takashima President of Oisix Inc. (Member of the “New Tohoku” Public enhancement and Private Partnership Promotion Council) 【6th】 Culture/sports, infrastructure and wide-area Ryohei Nakamura Professor and Deputy Dean of the Department of Economics linkages, tourism in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 【 】 Okayama University (Regional Public Policy, Director of the 7th Reporting on deliberations of Innovation Coast Japan Economic Research Institute, Faculty Fellow at the Scheme Conference, measures against Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry) reputational damage /properly preserving Keiko Matsunaga Associate Professor at the Graduate School for Creative Cities, disaster memories, summarizing major Osaka City University (Regional Industries, Local and opinions Community Economies) Hajimu Yamana Honorary Professor at the Kyoto University 【8th】 Draft proposal (President of the Nuclear Damage Compensation and 【9th】 Conclusion (Jul. 30, 2015) Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation) (as of July, 2015) 4 平成26年2月18日 5. Outline of Discussions in Expert Panel ① Discussions by the expert panel (chaired by Prof. Takashi Onishi, president of Toyohashi University of Technology): Addressed challenges and courses of action toward 2020 with focus on the image of the area in 30 to 40 years. Compiled proposal and submitted it to Minister of Reconstruction. ② Points in image in 30 to 40 years (1) Population outlook: Potential to exceed population estimates before the earthquake, spurred by the progress of reconstruction (2) Radiation dose outlook: Considerably reduced through physical attenuation (3) International promotion of Fukushima-style regional revitalization

③ Specific major efforts (1) Industrial development: Creation of new industries and reconstruction of businesses and occupations (2) Wide-area linkages of public services among multiple municipalities (3) Development of revitalization and reconstruction bases: Creation of new urban areas ④ Other Responsibility of the national government for revitalization and reconstruction in Fukushima is clearly stated. Added is that the role of the national government in reconstruction ten years after the disaster is a subject for future discussion. 5 6. Image in 30 – 40 Years (Bright Point 1)

(1) Population outlook ・If reconstruction makes good progress, causing more people to want to return home, and drawing engineers, etc., to new factories in the region, there is potential for population to exceed estimates before the earthquake.

Population Declining estimates before the [unit:10,000] Reduced by half because of earthquake evacuation orders Population recovers by ・Returnees ・New arrivals for new industries ・Decommissioning workers and more

Falls in such a case as reconstruction makes little progress

Estimate before the earthquake Population outlook Population outlook (2008) Actual value (If reconstruction makes little progress) (If reconstruction makes good progress) (Inst. of Population Problems) 6 平成26年2月18日 6. Image in 30 – 40 Years (Bright Point 2)

(2) Radiation dose outlook ・Air dose will be considerably below current levels (Where dose is now over 20 mSv/y (※), it will be reduced by half by 2020. Even where residents will not be able to return home for a long time, dose will be some significant percentage lower in 30 or 40 years.) (※) Annual exposure dose is calculated based on air dose per hour on the assumptions of 16 hours outdoors and 8 hours indoors every day, and a shielding factor for a wooden house of 0.4. (Used in designating areas for which evacuation orders were issued.)

○ Air dose outlook (only physical attenuation) ○ Areas by air dose rates (percentages) 2014 2030 2055 ① Total 12 municipalities 100 5.0 2.7 1.2 0.5 11.6 80 60 95.0 97.3 98.8 99.5 40 88.4 20 0 2014年 2020年 2030年 2045年 2055年 (実績) 2020 2045 ② Only in areas where residents will not be able to return home for a long time 100 3.1 16.3 7.4 80 30.1 64.7 60 92.6 96.9 40 83.7 69.9 20 35.3 0 This is the same estimation method as the following: 2014年 2020年 2030年 2045年 2055年 ・Reference estimation on radiation dose outlook 【June 2014: Team in Charge of Assisting the Lives of Disaster Victims(実績)】 3.83.8 μSvμSv/h/h or以下 below over3.8μSv/h 3.8 μSv超/h ・Efforts of the Government and Four Cities to Accelerate Decontamination/ (20(20m mSvSv//y 年以下)or below) (over(20m 20Sv/ mSv年超)/y) Reconstruction (Interim Report) 【August 2014: Reconstruction Agency, Ministery of the Environment and Four Cities】 7 6. Image in 30 – 40 Years (Bright Point 3)

(3) Children’s thoughts ・In group discussions, elementary and junior-high school students express their enthusiasm for being part of reconstruction. ・A questionnaire survey of residents above fourth grade showed approx. 50% of those in their teens and 20s intended to be in their hometowns 30 – 40 years from now. ○ Children’s meetings (carried out in Minamisoma, Kawamata, Tamura and Iidate) ○ Questionnaire survey (Commitment to hometown 30 – 40 years later) 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

27.0 37.9 1.Be an important part of hometown1._そのまちづくりの中心になって貢献する development 39.8 43.3 2.Be engaged in hometown development, 47.4 59.0 2._中心ではなくても、まちづくりに関わる 59.6 not necessarily in a central role 52.4 まちづくりに直接関わらないが、そのまちの良いところを、宣伝す 28.7 3.Not be directly engaged3._ in development, but contribute 26.8 30.9 to spreading the word on goodることなどで貢献する points, etc. 33.0 22.5 18.0 4.Support financially (contributions,4._そのまちを経済的に支援する(寄附、ふるさと納税など) hometown taxes, etc.) 18.3 19.9 35.1 25.0 5.keep a close watch on development5._まちづくりを見守る 27.3 33.2 5.5 4.6 6.Doing nothing6._何もしない 3.2 3.1 Teens – 20s 46.4 60.9 7._そこに住む 69.0 7.Live there 70.2 37.6 そこで働く 54.2 8.Work8._ there 52.6 42.5 40.3 29.6 9.Not live, but visit several9._住まないが、年に数回訪れる times a year 26.0 24.6 10-20代(小中学生含む)(715) 6.2 4.1 30-40代(783) 10.Never10._訪れない visit 2.2 2.0 50-60代(1,740) 3.8 4.9 代以上 11.Other11._その他 5.5 70-80 (1,135) 4.1 8 7. Specific Challenges and Courses of Action toward 2020 (1)

(1) Industrial development : Creation of new industries and reconstruction of businesses and occupations (Ex. 1) Production and utilization of CLT (cross (Ex. 2) Creation of new industries centered laminated timber), forestry revitalization based on the Innovation Coast Scheme on use of woody biomass, etc.

CLT Apartment house using CLT (Wein)

○ ○ Considering development of CLT factories Commercializing robotics testing fields (After FY2016) ○Considering active use of CLT in reconstruction ○ bases, public facilities, the 2020 Olympic Village, Commercializing international bases for industrial-academic collaboration (joint research etc. facilities for the development of robotics ↓ technologies, training bases for technical experts, such as development of human ○Establishing a place for discussions among resources for decommissioning of reactors, etc.) (After FY2016 to FY2018) concerned parties 9

7. Specific Challenges and Courses of Action toward 2020 (2)

(2) Wide-area linkages of public services among multiple municipalities ・In light of declining populations even before the earthquake, individual municipalities cannot necessarily perform all municipal functions. ・Efforts toward wide-area linkages (providing public services jointly by multiple municipalities) will be implemented under an initiative of the prefecture, which itself serves as a “wide-area municipality.”

(Ex. 1) Construction of regional public (Ex. 2) Securing secondary emergency medical transportation systems systems ○Growing dependency on public transport due to ○Medical institutions were suspended due to the aging of the population in the region when evacuation order, which increased burden of neighboring medical institutions, and longer the evacuation order is lifted time is required for transport patients ↓ ↓ ○Establishing a place to discuss construction of ○Establishing a place to discuss securing medical institutions responsible for secondary regional public transportation systems emergency medical care

Bus service resumed in Kawauchi Village supporting reconstruction (Fukushima Transportation Inc.: service 2-3 times per day; Secondary emergency medical base shut down Shin Joban Kotsu Co., Ltd.: twice a day on weekdays (Okuma Town: Prefectural Ono Hospital) 10 7. Specific Challenges and Courses of Action toward 2020 (3)

(3) Development of recovery and reconstruction bases: Creation of new urban areas

・Under the Act on Special Measures for the Reconstruction and Revitalization of Fukushima (May 2015), a project system (in the manner of outright purchasing) was created toward the smooth, prompt development of a new urban area (recovery and reconstruction base with housing complex), enabling returned residents to restart their lives and rebuild the regional economy. ・Using this system, Okuma Town, where early lifting of the evacuation order is not expected due to high dose, plans to develop a new urban area in the Okawahara District, where dose is relatively low, for residents who want to come back. (Scale: population of 3,000; area of 39 hectares.)

○Okuma Town Reconstruction Base (Ogawara District)

11 8. Following up on the proposal on Future Vision for 福 島 県 Fukushima’s 12 Municipalities Expert Panel on the Future of 12 Municipalities in Fukushima Proposal by Expert Panel on Future of Fukushima’s 12 Municipalities ○ Under the Minister of Reconstruction; issued the (Outline) proposal in July 2015 1. Regional image in 30 – 40 years ・ Air dose to be considerably reduced through physical attenuation alone ○ Based on reports from the government, Fukushima ・ Potential for population to exceed estimates before the earthquake, Prefecture and others on the status of major individual depending on progress of reconstruction items in the proposal, the panel will advise toward their ・ International promotion of Fukushima-style regional revitalization realization. 2.Specific challenges and courses of action toward 2020 【Members】 Major individual (Chairperson) (1) Creation of new industries and reconstruction Takashi Onishi President of the Toyohashi University of Technology (Urban of businesses and occupations items Engineering, President of the Science Council of Japan, (1) Health, medical care and nursing-care essential for residents Member of the Reconstruction Design Council in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake) (2) Development of human resources for the future, for the region (Acting Chairperson) (3) Wide-area development of infrastructure, regional development and wide- Hitoshi Ieda Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, University of Tokyo (Transportation Research and area linkages Infrastructure Planning) (4)Promotion of tourism, measures against reputational damage, and Masao Uchibori Governor of Fukushima Prefecture preventing memories of the disaster from fading, cultural and sports Kentaro Ooyama President of Iris Ohyama Inc. (Chairman of the Sendai Association of Corporate Executives, Member of the promotion Reconstruction Promotion Committee) Kohei Takashima President of Oisix Inc. (Member of the “New Tohoku” Public 3. Other and Private Partnership Promotion Council) ・ Clearly stated that the government is responsible for recovery and Ryohei Nakamura Professor and Deputy Dean of the Department of Economics in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, reconstruction of Fukushima Okayama University (Regional Public Policy, Director of the ・ Added that the role of the national government in reconstruction ten Japan Economic Research Institute, Faculty Fellow at the years after the disaster is a subject for future discussion. Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry) Keiko Matsunaga Associate Professor at the Graduate School for Creative ・ “The national government, the prefecture and other concerned parties will Cities, Osaka City University (Regional Industries, Local and coordinate well with each other and work promptly to realize individual Community Economies) items in the image based on the opinions of the municipalities, and a Hajimu Yamana Honorary Professor at the Kyoto (President of the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation system for doing so will be be considered,” suggesting the need to Corporation) (as of July, 2015) establish a follow-up mechanism.

Advising Reporting Council to follow up on the proposal for 12 【Structure】 municipalities in Fukushima Joint chairpersons Director General of Reconstruction Agency, Fukushima vice governor ○ Following up on progress toward realization of Advisors Experts (participation as necessary) Reconstruction Agency, Related Ministers and Agencies major individual items in the proposal by the Fukushima Prefectural government 12 municipalities (Tamura and Minamisoma Cities, Kawamata, Hirono, Expert Panel on the Future of 12 Municipalities Naraha, Tomioka, Okuma, Futaba and Namie Towns and Kawauchi, Katsurao and Iidate Villages) in Fukushima Presenters The core body to consider and implement individual items (including related ○ Formulating a “roadmap” and report to the ministers and agencies and relevant divisions in Fukushima Government ) Joint secretariat Reconstruction Agency, Fukushima Prefecture expert panel. 12 Major Individual Items in “Proposal by the Expert Panel on Future Vision for Fukushima’s 12 Municipalities”

(1) Creation of new industries and (4) Wide-area infrastructure development, reconstruction of businesses and occupations regional development and wide-area linkages ・ Realization of Innovation Coast Scheme ・ Development of arterial roads (1)産業・生業(なりわい)の再生・創出 ・ Creation and activities of a public-private (4)広域インフラ整備・まちづくり・広域・ Early full reopening of the JR Joban Line ・ イノベーション・コースト構想の実現joint team to support self-reliance ・ Development連携 of reconstruction bases ・ Support for damaged companies, etc. ・ ・ 自立支援官民合同チームの創設・取組 ・ 幹線道路の整備Consideration of building regional public ・ ・ 被災企業等への支援 Consideration of establishment of a transportation ・ ・ JR常磐線の早期の全線開通 ・ 福島フードファンクラブ(Fukushima Food FanFFF Club)設立等の検討 (FFF) ・ 復興拠点等の整備Consideration of other wide-area linkages ・ 地域公共交通の構築に向けた検討 (2) Health, medical care and nursing-care (5)・ Tourismその他広域連携の検討 promotion, measures against (2)住民生活に不可欠な健康・医療・介護essential for residents reputational damage and to prevent disaster ・ Consideration to include securing memories from fading, culture and sports ・ 二次医療体制の確保を含めた検討 promotion ・ ICTsecondary活用による地域医療ネットワークの構築 medical care (5)観光振興、風評・風化対策、 ・ Establishing a regional medical network 文化・スポーツ振興 ・ 地域包括ケアの実現に向けた検討 ・ Tourism promotion (after DC, etc.) using ICT ・ ・ ・ 観光振興(アフターState of strategyDC 等)issuance to strengthen Consideration toward realizing integrated ・ 風評・風化対策強化戦略の策定状況等 community care system measures against reputational damage and (3)未来を担う、地域を担うひとづくり ・ 文化関係の取組to prevent disaster memories from fading ・ 東京オリンピック・パラリンピック関連事業の検討 (3)・ Developmentふたば未来学園での先進教育の検討 of human resources important ・ Activities related to culture ・ for小高新統合高校での先進教育の検討 the future, for the region ・ Consideration of projects related to the ・ 産業人材育成の検討 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics ・ Consideration of cutting-edge education at the Futaba Mirai Gakuen High School ・ Consideration of cutting-edge education at the Odaka New Integrated High School ・ Consideration of development of industrial human resources 13 13 (Reference) Expert Panel on Future Vision for Fukushima’s 12 Municipalities: Points of Proposal

The Expert Panel on the Future of 12 Municipalities in Fukushima: The proposal was discussed by the panel, finalized on July 30, 2015, and submitted to the Minister of Reconstruction 1. Viewpoints of consideration and basic direction (1) Challenges and courses of action toward 2020 with a focus on a regional image in 30 to 40 years.

(2) Basic direction ・ Realization of an independent region and life in the face of an aging society, depopulation, and declining birthrate ・ International promotion of Fukushima-style regional revitalization ・ Creating a sustainable region by completing reconstruction and expanding and strengthening wide-area linkages

(3) Putting forward a hopeful future image in circumstances where a positive future picture can scarcely be seen 14 (Reference) Expert Panel on Future Vision for Fukushima’s 12 Municipalities: Points of Proposal

2. Regional image in 30 – 40 years • Air dose across the entire 12 municipalities is expected to be considerably reduced through physical attenuation • There is potential for exceeding population estimates before the earthquake through creation of highly convenient living environments – this through establishment of reconstruction bases, infrastructure and living-related services, creation of new industries, development of the region with “hope” for restoration, continuation of nature, culture and the like • A region can be created that the residents are proud of, and happy in, through the fostering of generational connections among those who will return home, those who will move in from outside, those who have started new lives in other areas, and others providing support from outside • A globally cutting-edge industrial/research base and human resources can be created by integrating research and development in the robotic industry, decommissioning-related industries, etc. • Being a “renewable energy pioneer ” to meet energy demands in the region and to contribute to recovery and reconstruction • Tourists can be attracted to the existing resources of history and culture, scenic spots, etc., and to new resources, including cutting-edge technological facilities • The region can be a model for overcoming depopulation and the challenges of aging and declining birth rates (Hearing from children who will play important roles in the future (children’s conferences, questionnaire)) 15 (Reference) Expert Panel on Future Vision for Fukushima’s 12 Municipalities: Points of Proposal 3. Specific challenges and courses of action for 2020 In line with the revised “Speeding up the Reconstruction of Fukushima from the Nuclear Disaster” (approved at a Cabinet meeting in June 2015), ①evacuation orders will be lifted in the areas where that is already designated to be done “soon” and in areas where “living is still not permitted” no later than six years after the accident, serving as visible signs of reconstruction; and ② in the area where residents will not be able to return home for a long time, classification will be considered in reconstruction bases based on low air dose and actions will be taken toward reconstruction. (1) Reconstruction and creation of industries and businesses (Creation of new industries and reconstruction of businesses and occupations) • Helping business operators (8,000 companies), including primary industries, in 12 municipalities to be independent and to reconstruct their businesses through visits and consultations by new public-private joint teams • Creation of new industries through the Innovation Coast Scheme (Reconstruction of key industries – agriculture, forestry and fisheries) • Efforts toward resumption of agriculture through the carrying out of test plantings and administration of farm land by establishing an agricultural reconstruction society • Administration of farm land toward resumption of agriculture in areas where it is otherwise difficult to restart agriculture quickly, integrating and securing personnel to be ready to engage when necessary • Production and use of CLT (cross laminated timber), forestry revitalization based on woody biomass, etc. • Development of new sales routes through, for example, the Fukushima Food Fan Club (FFF) to support consumption of Fukushima-produced food products 16 (Reference) Expert Panel on Future Vision for Fukushima’s 12 Municipalities: Points of Proposal

3. Specific challenges and courses of action for 2020 (2) Health, medical care and nursing-care essential for residents • Securing secondary medical systems for the region • Realizing integrated community care systems for the elderly in the region using the new Long-Term Care Insurance System • Introducing/utilizing ICT and the like to overcome shortages of human resources responsible for medical care (3) Development of human resources important for the future, and the region • Cutting-edge education at individual schools (ex. Futaba Mirai Gakuen High School), or in linkages for the development of human resources for reconstruction • Development of human resources for core industries to be required under a new industrial structure (4) Wide-area infrastructure development, regional development and wide-area linkages • Realizing wide-area networks through development of the Joban Expressway, Fukushima Reconstruction Roads, promoting residents’ returning home, revitalizing residents’ lives, and industrial integration • Materializing/realizing a “compact” region and reconstruction bases, and realizing a unified region of complementing reconstruction bases • In light of limited capabilities to provide public services by a individual municipalities, establishing a system to consider wide-area linkages for public services, for example, regional transportation, medical care and agriculture (5) Tourism promotion, measures against reputational damage and to prevent disaster memories from fading, and cultural and sports promotion • Considering promotion of tourism, one target being 2020, highlighting the state of reconstruction • Carrying on traditions and culture, and implementing cultural and arts events by residents in and outside the prefecture • Activities making use of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics 17 (Reference) Expert Panel on Future Vision for Fukushima’s 12 Municipalities: Points of Proposal

4. Toward realization

• The national government is responsible for recovery and reconstruction of Fukushima’s 12 municipalities. • Challenges common to the Fukushima’s 12 municipalities cover a wide area. The role of the prefecture as, itself, a “wide-area municipality” is great. • The national government, the prefecture and other concerned parties will coordinate well with each other and work promptly to realize individual items in the image based on the opinions of municipalities. A system for doing so will be considered. • The role of the national government in the reconstruction of Fukushima ten years after the disaster is a subject for future discussion.

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