Fukushima evacuees face tough decision as housing aid ends

Fukushima evacuees face tough decision as housing aid ends

Makoto Yamada, a veteran pediatrician, is interviewed in Tokyo, on Feb. 9, 2017, about a 3 million yen fund he established from his own pocket to help so-called voluntary evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear disaster rent new houses. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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