The Government of Japan ordered the operator of a nuclear plant damaged by the tsunami, leaks of radiation to pay $12,000 to every household forced to evacuate the area, but some of the displaced said Friday the handout was not enough.
Tens of thousands of residents unable to return to their homes near the nuclear plant of deprived of their livelihoods and possessions, uncertain of when, if ever, they will be able to return home. Some have travelled hundreds of kilometres at the head of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. Tokyo to press their claims.
Hiroaki WADA, a spokesman for the Ministry of commerce, said Friday that TEPCO will pay compensation as soon as possible, with families forced to evacuate getting one million yen (about $12,000) and individuals to 750,000 yen (approximately $9,000). Payments are due to begin April 28.
"There are approximately 150 single evacuation centres." It will take time to ensure that everyone gets the money. But we want that company to do so quickly in support of life people, Banri Kaieda Trade Minister said at a press conference.
Japanese Emperor Akihito, left and Empress Michiko, greet people in a shelter for evacuation in the city of Asahi in Chiba Prefecture, about 86 kilometres from Tokyo Thursday during their first visit to the disaster zone since March 11, earthquake and tsunami. Kyodo News/Associated pressthe arrangement is a provisional compensation more expected, said the WADA. About 48 000 households living within 30 miles of the Fukushima Daiichi crippled nuclear plant would be eligible for payments.
Akemi Osumi, a mother of 48 three years who have been evacuated from the town of Futaba, adjacent to the nuclear power plant, said the money was a "small step" but was unfair to large families. His family is living in a shelter in a school North of Tokyo, and also must rent an apartment for her eldest son to go to a vocational school.
"A million yen does not go very far", she said. "I am not satisfied only 1 million yen by family." If it was dependent on the size of the family I could understand, but it is not. ?
The President of TEPCO, Masataka Shimizu, was to formally announce the plan later Friday. The company is still struggling to stabilize at the nuclear power plant, which has seen its cooling systems fail after an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on 11 March triggered a massive tsunami that wrecked the backup systems for emergency and many regular equipment of the plant.
Leaks of radiation of the crisis have contaminated crops and fishermen left the region unable to sell their catch, a huge blow in a region highly dependent on fisheries and agriculture.
The Governor of Fukushima, Yuhei Sato, has vigorously criticized TEPCO and the Government for their management of the disaster, demanding faster action.
"It is only a beginning." The accident is completed. We will continue to ask the Government and TEPCO to compensate fully evacuated. ?
About 140,000 people still live in shelters after losing their homes or be advised to evacuate because of concerns about radiation.
Seeking to evacuees from the console, Emperor of the Japan has visited the disaster zone of the country for the first time Thursday.
In Asahi, where 13 people were killed and some 3,000 homes damaged, Emperor Akihito, 77, and Empress Michiko got their first look at the devastation kick, somberly watching a parcel of land where once was a home and also experiences with disaster relief to two shelters.
The royal couple kneeling on mats to talk gently with the survivors, who bowed in thanks and wiping away tears. An evacuee with Down syndrome, which has poorly speaking, wrote "I will keep fighting" in a small notebook he presented to the Emperor and Empress. Asahi is about 85 km from Tokyo.
While the urgency of months dragged, radiation levels fell enough for the police sealed in combinations of white protection, goggles and gloves blue begin to search for bodies in the muddy debris within a radius of 10 kilometres of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant which had been closed.
The authorities estimate up to 1,000 bodies are deposited in the debris.
A police spokesman, who gave only the name of Sato, said researchers were working Friday to retrieve three of the 10 bodies found Thursday who were trapped in cars or debris.
Overall, the bodies of only about 13,500 of more than 26 000 people believed killed in the March 11 disaster have been recovered. Many of the remaining victims would be washed out to sea.
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