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Katsuei Hirasawa, minister for disaster reconstruction, saying the government will pay up to 2 million yen to families that move to areas around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, and an additional amount of up to 4 million yen to those who start new businesses in 12 cities, towns and villages where residents had been ordered to evacuate from after the triple meltdown at the plant.
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We want to repopulate those areas because only around 20 percent of residents have returned there even after the evacuation orders were lifted.
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robert maes
Pure madness and misguided nationalistic pride.
Sven Asai
I don’t understand the logic behind that. How to move there if there are still no businesses? And how to create a business if it is still unpopulated? That cannot really be forced or efficiently work , be it up to 2, 4 or 6 million yen during the starting phase.
Luddite
Utter madness. Why would you want to re-populate that area? Two million yen to risk the health of your family? How life is so cheap for some.
nandakandamanda
Lots of wildlife there, though. I think they have to source a house for you first, before paying these subsidies.
sf2k
close the area off for 500 years
GW
STUPID..............BEYOND..........BELIEF!!!!
But sadly I am NOT surprised by such idiotic ""ideas"" & yeah when is hirasawa moving there to start a ramen shop!!!