Three Years After the Tsunami in Miyakoji, Many Don't Want to Return

It has been three years since the tsunami hit the shores of Japan and struck Nuclear energy sites. Residents in the town of Miyakoji do not want to return because they believe that the 250 million dollar radiation clean up was not enough. Not only that, but many of the residents have not been fully compensated for the disaster leaving them with nothing. For most of them, their homes are their biggest investments. Many of them do not want to return, but they have no more money to stay away from their homes.

Many of the residents are suing the company in charge of the nuclear power plant, Tepco, demanding that more compensation is put forth from the company.

I think people are extremely afraid to go back because this isn't the first nuclear disaster that Japan has faced. Obviously, the government is doing what it can to help as much, but Tepco should give the people more support in their financial and emotional struggles. In the face of so much conflict between the Eastern Pacific countries, that company should do a lot more than just give families $3,000.

For more on this story:  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/world/asia/forced-to-flee-radiation-fearful-japanese-villagers-are-reluctant-to-return.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=world/asia&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Asia%20Pacific&action=keypress&region=FixedRight&pgtype=article

-Elizabeth Brennan