Fukushima 'voluntary' evacuees to lose housing support

Fukushima 'voluntary' evacuees to lose housing support Tokyo (AFP) Jan 17, 2017 - Thousands of Japanese evacuees from Fukushima should keep getting free housing, supporters said Tuesday, as the local government readies to yank support offered after the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Some 27,000 so-called voluntary evacuees - people who chose to leave their homes in the region after the 2011 accident due to safety concerns - are set to lose the six-year-old hou ... more

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