Ōkuma-machi

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Ōkuma-machi is a town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, known for hosting part of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and being heavily affected by the 2011 nuclear disaster.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
affectedBy 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami NERFINISHED
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster NERFINISHED
country Japan
countrySubdivision Fukushima Prefecture NERFINISHED
disasterCategory nuclear disaster–affected municipality
disasterTypeExperienced earthquake
nuclear contamination
tsunami
evacuationOrderedIn 2011
evacuationReason nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi
evacuationStatusPost2011 most residents evacuated for years
evacuationZoneDesignation difficult-to-return zone (post-2011)
governingCountry Japan NERFINISHED
hasClimate humid temperate climate
hasDisasterYear 2011
hasJapaneseName 大熊町
hasLongTermIssue population displacement
radioactive contamination
hasNuclearFacility Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant NERFINISHED
hasPart Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant site NERFINISHED
hasPrimaryIndustryBefore2011 agriculture GENERATED
fishing GENERATED
nuclear power–related employment GENERATED
knownFor being heavily affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster
hosting part of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
locatedIn Fukushima Prefecture NERFINISHED
Futaba District NERFINISHED
Tōhoku region NERFINISHED
northeastern Japan
locatedNear Pacific Ocean coast of Fukushima Prefecture
locatedOn Honshu
municipalGovernmentType town government
nativeNameLanguage ja
partiallyReopenedForResidents true
prefectureCapitalDistanceApprox about 60 km from Fukushima City
radiationDecontaminationEfforts conducted after 2011 disaster
reconstructionEfforts ongoing after Fukushima disaster
region Tōhoku NERFINISHED
reopeningBegan 2019
romanization Okuma-machi NERFINISHED
Ōkuma-machi NERFINISHED
sharesPlantSiteWith Futaba NERFINISHED
subdivisionName Ōkuma NERFINISHED
subdivisionType town
timeZone Japan Standard Time
UTCOffset +09:00

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