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Play about Fukushima post-disaster struggle

NEW YORK, United States - Soma Mayor Hidekiyo Tachiya speaks before a performance of a play titled ''Hikobae'' at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 12, 2012. The piece depicts the efforts of doctors, nurses and firefighters who risked their lives to protect patients and residents, based on interviews with medical staff at a hospital in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, which was hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster and ensuing nuclear crisis.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (front R) tours a coastal area in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 8, 2011, guided by Soma Mayor Hidekiyo Tachiya, (front L). Earlier on the same day, Ban encouraged evacuees and also met with high school students in the northeastern Japan prefecture, which is still suffering damage from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis.

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Fukushima city launches solar power plant

SOMA, Japan - Hidekiyo Tachiya (R), mayor of the city of Soma in Fukushima Prefecture, and U.S. entrepreneur Elon Musk shake hands in front of a solar power panel in Soma on July 29, 2011. The city began work on a solar power plant the same day using a $250,000 donation from a U.S. foundation led by Musk, the founder of the online settlement service PayPal. The city is about 40 kilometers north of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Imperial couple visit Fukushima Pref.

SOMA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) visit an area hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 11, 2011, two months after the disaster that triggered the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Soma Mayor Hidekiyo Tachiya (R) explained the situation in the area to the imperial couple. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima city launches solar power plant

SOMA, Japan - Hidekiyo Tachiya (R), mayor of the city of Soma in Fukushima Prefecture, and U.S. entrepreneur Elon Musk shake hands in front of a solar power panel in Soma on July 29, 2011. The city began work on a solar power plant the same day using a $250,000 donation from a U.S. foundation led by Musk, the founder of the online settlement service PayPal. The city is about 40 kilometers north of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (front R) tours a coastal area in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 8, 2011, guided by Soma Mayor Hidekiyo Tachiya, (front L). Earlier on the same day, Ban encouraged evacuees and also met with high school students in the northeastern Japan prefecture, which is still suffering damage from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis. (Kyodo)

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Imperial couple visit Fukushima Pref.

SOMA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) visit an area hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 11, 2011, two months after the disaster that triggered the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Soma Mayor Hidekiyo Tachiya (R) explained the situation in the area to the imperial couple. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Play about Fukushima post-disaster struggle

NEW YORK, United States - Soma Mayor Hidekiyo Tachiya speaks before a performance of a play titled ''Hikobae'' at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 12, 2012. The piece depicts the efforts of doctors, nurses and firefighters who risked their lives to protect patients and residents, based on interviews with medical staff at a hospital in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, which was hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster and ensuing nuclear crisis. (Kyodo)