Sunday, May 20, 2012

Displaced Japanese Town Tries to Stay Intact

NIHONMATSU, Japan—In late January, Tamotsu Baba got the bad news from the government he had been dreading. Officials announced that most of Mr. Baba's hometown of Namie, located four miles from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, would likely have to remain evacuated for "several years" or longer.

For 10 months, Mr. Baba has tried to keep the town unified after its displacement. The prognosis, the mayor feared, could be the fatal blow for a community with roots stretching back 1,000 years.

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