Cat mascots produced in former "o-go" zone in Fukushima popular

Cat mascots made by handicraft class students in the Miyakoji district, a former "no-go zone" of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are on display on May 1, 2015. Named "miyaako-chan" after the imagined way the district's name might be said by a Japanese cat, they are designed to cheer up residents in the area affected by the 2011 accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA000068944

Registered date
2015/5/05 17:18:08

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source

Media size
3048 × 1982 pixel

Resolution
240 dpi

Deployment size
720.89(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Firefighters drill in Fukushima town near crippled nuclear plant

Firefighters discharge water during a disaster drill held in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 20, 2015, on the assumption of large-scale wildfire hitting the area. Most of the town remains a designated evacuation zone due to the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power's local power plant in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Cat mascots popular in former "no-go" zone in Fukushima

Various cat mascots made by handicraft class students taught by Hisayo Imaizumi (L) are shown on May 1, 2015, in the Miyakoji district, a former "no-go zone" of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture. Named "miyaako-chan" after the imagined way the district's name might be said by a Japanese cat, they are designed to animate residents in the northeastern Japan region hit by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fishermen release salmon fry in Fukushima river

Fishermen release juvenile salmon in a river in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 17, 2015. Preparations are under way for residents' return to the town roped off since the nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s local power plant in March 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Evacuated Fukushima town to remove pro-nuclear signboards

A signboard in Futaba Town, Fukushima Prefecture, stating "Nuclear power, the energy of a bright future," is seen in November 2014. The town decided to remove signboards propagating the positive aspects of nuclear energy. Residents of the town, which plays host to the accident-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, remain evacuated from the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo