Even though it¡¯s around 430 kilometers from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, a village in Aomori Prefecture is still enduring the repercussions of the meltdowns at the facility almost a decade ago.
For the past 10 years, Higashidori has been facing an economic crisis because Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. has suspended construction of a nuclear plant, and another nuclear power plant operated by Tohoku Electric Power Co. was shut down.
In the budget for fiscal 2017, Higashidori was projected to be short by around ?100 million, causing the village to turn to the so-called nuclear village ¡ª pro-nuclear groups in government, industry and academia.
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