TOKYO: When a huge earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on Mar 11, 2011, devastating towns and triggering nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima, a stunned world watched the chaotic struggle to contain the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
The government has spent about US$300 billion to rebuild the tsunami-devastated Tohoku region, but areas around the Fukushima plant remain off-limits, worries about radiation levels linger and many who left have settled elsewhere. Decommissioning of the crippled plant will take decades and billions of dollars.
Abe resigned last year, citing poor health, and his successor, Yoshihide Suga, has announced a goal of net carbon neutrality by 2050. A February Asahi newspaper survey found that nationwide, 53 per cent are opposed to restarting reactors, compared with 32 per cent in favour. In Fukushima, only 16 per cent backed bringing restarting units.
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