Record of
evacuation area change
ABOUT Futaba-Gun
Futaba-gun is located in coastal area(Hama-dori) of Fukushima prefecture.
The population is 65,097 people, area is 865.71 ?, population density is 75.2 person / ?. (1st May, 2015 estimated population)
Including the following 6 towns and 2 villages.
Hirono Town / Naraha Town / Tomioka Town / Kawauchi Town / Okuma Town / Futaba Town / Namie Town / Katsurao Village
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The County Area
Futaba County was formed in 1896 when 2 counties were merged.
The 2 counties is Naraha County (south of Yonomori) which was the territory of Mr. Iwaki in the period of civil war, Iwaki-Taira domain in the Edo period and Shineha County (north of Yonomori) which was the territory of Mr. Soma from the period of civil war to the Edo period (in Edo period, it was Nakamura domain).
The county area at the time was launched as administrative division in 1896 corresponds to the area where Hisanohama Town and Oku Town are added to the above 6 towns and 2 villages.
In 1966, Hisanohama Town and Oku Village merged with Iwaki City.
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From Power Supply Zone to Warning
and Evacuation Zone
Futaba County has become an "Energy source zone" that sends energy to Tokyo throughout the 20th century.The characteristic after the high economic growth period in the late 20th century is the "Power Area", and south of Nagatsuka (Futaba Town) sends power to the metropolitan area.
In the Great East Japan Earthquake, we suffered a high tsunami over 10 meters in various places.Most areas of Futaba county have been designated as Difficult to Return zone, Restricted Residence zone and Evacuation order cancellation preparation zone following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident that occurred due to the Great East Japan Earthquake. (It had been designated as Evacuation order zone and Planned evacuation zone for a while after the accident)
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About the plan of the designated reconstruction area
This is the plan to make the habitable area in Namie, Futaba, Okuma, Tomioka, Katsurao, and Itate 6 towns and villages located in the difficult-to-return zone by the spring of 2022 to the spring of 2023, lifting the evacuation order in those towns and villages. This plan will be made by local governments and will be confirmed by the federal government. Afterword of the confirmation, this plan will be on going to reconstruct the area.
Prior to the opening of the designated reconstruction zone, the entire JR Joban Line will be reopened at the end of March 2020, and three stations, Futaba(Futaba), Ono(Okuma), Yonomori (Tomika) that are located at the difficult-to-return zone. The restoration and decontamination of the collapsed overpasses and tracks are almost complete, and the federal government is planning to lift the evacuation order around the stations.
We, as local persons, think that the most important thing to be respected in this area is the possibility which we can step forward and the seed of hope which we couldn't see in the past, considering how we have survived and struggled after the disaster under the various regulations, discrimination, friction…those hard situations. We would like to carefully watch the future movement constantly.
The processing of the designated reconstruction zone in each towns and villages.
September 15th, 2017
The plan of the designated reconstruction area was confirmed by the federal government in Futaba.
November 10th, 2017
The plan of the designated reconstruction area was confirmed by the federal government in Okuma.
December 22nd, 2017
The plan of the designated reconstruction area was confirmed by the federal government in Namie.
March 9th, 2018
The plan of the designated reconstruction area was confirmed by the federal government in Tomioka.
April 16th, 2018
The plan of the designated reconstruction area was confirmed by the federal government in Katsurao.
April 30th, 2018
The plan of the designated reconstruction area was confirmed by the federal government in Itate.