FUKUSHIMA ¨C Supermarket operators are opening new stores in parts of Fukushima Prefecture from which residents had been forced to evacuate following a severe nuclear accident caused by a major tsunami that followed a powerful earthquake 15 years ago.
Creating an environment in which people can easily buy fresh foods and daily necessities is essential for facilitating the return of former residents and attracting new residents.
Last August, major supermarket chain Aeon opened an outlet in the town of Futaba, one of the two Fukushima municipalities hosting Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings¡¯ (Tepco) Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station, where an unprecedented triple reactor meltdown occurred due to damage from the tsunami on March 11, 2011.
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