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JAPAN-FUKUSHIMA-NUCLEAR WASTEWATER-TOURISM-DECLINE

(230825) -- FUKUSHIMA, Aug. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 23, 2023 shows a view of an empty beach in Yotsukura Town of Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Japan started releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, disregarding public concerns and strong opposition from both home and abroad. The Japanese government's reckless move to release the radioactive wastewater sparked waves of anger among local people in Fukushima, especially the fishermen and business owners. They are worried that the release would lead to a further decline in tourist visits. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-FUKUSHIMA-NUCLEAR WASTEWATER-TOURISM-DECLINE

(230825) -- FUKUSHIMA, Aug. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A person is seen at a beach in Yotsukura Town of Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Aug. 23, 2023. Japan started releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, disregarding public concerns and strong opposition from both home and abroad. The Japanese government's reckless move to release the radioactive wastewater sparked waves of anger among local people in Fukushima, especially the fishermen and business owners. They are worried that the release would lead to a further decline in tourist visits. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Fireworks by Chinese artist Cai in Fukushima

A fireworks display created by prominent Chinese artist Cai Guoqiang is held in daylight on June 26, 2023, at Yotsukura beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, devastated by a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The 40,000 fireworks, representing cherry blossoms, are meant to console the souls of the quake and tsunami victims.

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Junior high schoolers from disaster-hit areas hold summit

KOBE, Japan - Two students (far R) of Yotsukura junior high school from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, talks about the degree of recovery from the 2011 earthquake that hit northeastern Japan during a "summit of junior high school students in disaster-stricken areas" in Kobe, western Japan, on Aug. 19, 2014. The gathering was joined by 13 schools from six prefectures, including Nagasaki where pyroclastic flows from Mt. Unzen killed scores of people in 1991.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Yotsukura beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 18, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, with fire engines gathered to douse overheated reactors and spent fuel at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, and the same location on the beach about two and a half years later on Aug. 18, 2013 (bottom), after opening to the public for the summer season for the first time in three years.

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2 years after quake

IWAKI, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show an area around Yotsukura port in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 18, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, with fire engines gathering to douse overheated reactors and spent fuel at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, and the same location on March 3, 2013, with wave-dissipating blocks.

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Iwaki soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show Yotsukura port in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 3, 2012 (bottom).

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Iwaki soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show Yotsukura port in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 3, 2012 (bottom). (Kyodo)

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Port soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show part of Yotsukura port in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 3, 2012 (bottom). (Kyodo)

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New Year sunrise in Japan

People look at the year's first sunrise from Yotsukura beach in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 1, 2021.