Organic Vegetable Farm in Tamura City

Tatsuko Ogawara's at her organic vegetable farm. Tatsuko grows different kinds of vegetables and sells them at a local shop in Tamura City. It is expected that part of Tamura City in the 20km evacuation zone will be the first community where the government lifts its evacuation order as decontamination by the government is finished.

Unique identifier: GP04UWG

Type: Image

Shoot date: 04/10/2013

Locations: Asia, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Tamura

Credit line: © Noriko Hayashi / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Fukushima Evacuees Return Home to Tamura City

Two years an half after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster it is predicted that Tamura City will be the first city where the evacuation order is released. Decontamination under the direct control of government ended within 20km zone of Tamura city in June 2013, and it is decided to conduct a post-monitoring and consideration of re-decontamination based on the post-monitoring results by local government and country with the cooperation.

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