PM Kan meets mayors from Fukushima Pref.

PM Kan meets mayors from Fukushima Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) receives letters of request from Kawamata Mayor Michio Furukawa (C) and Iitate Mayor Norio Kanno (L) from Fukushima Prefecture at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 15, 2011. Kan said the government will support them in securing employment of local residents.

Emperor, empress meet with mayor of nuclear-affected town

Emperor, empress meet with mayor of nuclear-affected town

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko meet with Michio Furukawa (far R), mayor of the northeastern Japan town of Kawamata, during the spring imperial garden party in Tokyo on April 21, 2015. Part of Kawamata was designated as an evacuation zone in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Environment minister harvests rice with Fukushima town mayor

Environment minister harvests rice with Fukushima town mayor

Michio Furukawa (L), mayor of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, and Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki (R) harvest rice in the northeastern Japanese town's Yamakiya district on Oct. 5, 2015. The district has been designated as an evacuation area since the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

PM Kan meets mayors from Fukushima Pref.

PM Kan meets mayors from Fukushima Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) receives letters of request from Kawamata Mayor Michio Furukawa (C) and Iitate Mayor Norio Kanno (L) from Fukushima Prefecture at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 15, 2011. Kan said the government will support them in securing employment of local residents. (Kyodo)