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Fukushima hospital's reopening plan frozen

SENDAI, June 2 Kyodo - Photo taken May 22, 2015, shows the exterior of the Odaka-Akasaka hospital in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. The hospital, vacated after the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture, was planning to reopen in another municipality but the plan has been frozen due to financial difficulty.

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Tohoku Elec. to cancel new nuclear plant plan in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Makoto Kaiwa (R), president of Tohoku Electric Power Co., speaks to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the Fukushima prefectural government hall in the city of Fukushima on March 28, 2013, about canceling its plan to build a new nuclear power station, the Namie-Odaka nuclear power plant, in Fukushima Prefecture.

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New Year's Eve in disaster area

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A paper lantern in the form of Catbus, a character from the animation film My Neighbor Totoro, is illuminated in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on the New Year's Eve on Dec. 31, 2012. The destination board on the bus reads "Odaka," an area in Minamisoma that was made a no-go zone due to the nuclear accident that followed the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Evacuation order partially lifted for Minamisoma

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Vehicles travel in the Odaka district of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 16, 2012, after the government lifted an evacuation order the same day for some parts of the city that was issued around a year earlier in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi power complex.

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Fukushima high school takes students to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - High school students from Fukushima Prefecture watch an assembly process for trucks at a plant of Hino Motors Ltd. in Hino, western Japan, on June 21, 2011. Odaka Industrial High School in the city of Minamisoma took about 150 third-year students to Tokyo for a three-day tour of companies in the capital region to help them find jobs amid a lack of local offers due to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power station.

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Okada casts early ballot for upper house election

Katsuya Okada, leader of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party, speaks to reporters in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, on July 8, 2016, after casting an early ballot for the July 10 House of Councillors election. Odaka voiced hope that the voters share a sense of danger over a constitutional revision being pushed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima hospital's reopening plan frozen

Photo taken on May 22, 2015, shows the exterior of the Odaka Akasaka hospital in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The hospital, vacated after the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture, was planning to reopen in another municipality but the plan has been frozen due to financial difficulty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IT firm owner opens eatery to assist return of Fukushima evacuees

Tomoyuki Wada stands before his restaurant on Feb. 26, 2015, opened in the Odaka district of Soma in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Fukushima to assist the return of local residents from life as evacuees since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. Wada, who owns an information technology company, supports people wishing to start businesses in the district. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IT firm owner opens diner in disaster-hit city for returning evacuees

Tomoyuki Wada (R), president of a computer service company, asks patrons for feedback on Dec. 8, 2014, at a diner he opened the same day in the Odaka district of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in support of start-ups in the area once evacuated due to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster and for residents planning to move back. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: "Retrace Our Steps" exhibit spotlights nuclear disaster consequences

Photo taken July 9, 2016, at the "Retrace Our Steps" retrospective shows a shop located at the 15 kilometer mark from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Odaka ward in the northeastern Japan city of Minamisoma. The photo exhibition at Chanel Nexus Hall in Tokyo's Ginza district will be held until July 24, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Diner opens in nuclear disaster-hit city for returning evacuees

A diner called "Odaka no Hirugohan" (Lunch at Odaka) opens in the Odaka district of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2015, in support of start-ups in the area once evacuated due to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster and for residents planning to move back. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima high school takes students to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - High school students from Fukushima Prefecture watch an assembly process for trucks at a plant of Hino Motors Ltd. in Hino, western Japan, on June 21, 2011. Odaka Industrial High School in the city of Minamisoma took about 150 third-year students to Tokyo for a three-day tour of companies in the capital region to help them find jobs amid a lack of local offers due to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power station. (Kyodo)

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Evacuation order partially lifted for Minamisoma

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Vehicles travel in the Odaka district of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 16, 2012, after the government lifted an evacuation order the same day for some parts of the city that was issued around a year earlier in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi power complex. (Kyodo)