According to the New York Times in 2013, the people of Ōkuma, like many other communities in Fukushima, are "starting to come to terms with a sobering realization: their old homes are probably lost forever, and they must start anew elsewhere." However, the town was totally evacuated in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and residents were permitted return during daylight hours from May 2013. The regional seafood wholesale market at Ukedo fishing port in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie, crippled by the 2011 earthquake and ensuing tsunami, was reopened on April 8, resuming auctions for the first time in nine years. (Courtesy of Fukushima Minyu Shimbun) below：After the evacuation order, residents gathered at the municipal sports center gymnasium.

Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

The tsunami hit and flooded the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, located on the Pacific coast of Okuma, and set off the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

The area was evacuated because of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.. Okuma sits alongside the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and 40% of the town has been declared safe for a permanent return. The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was built in Okuma..

above：Okuma Mayor Toshitsuna Watanabe and senior officials of the municipal government gasp at reports of the disaster. 8 9 Unexpectedly Huge Tsunami C l o s e - u p o f O k u m a T o w n 1 History. By the following morning, the Japanese government had ordered residents to evacuate to outside of a 10 km radius of the power plant. Ōkuma liegt an der ostjapanischen Pazifikküste und damit in der Küstenregion Hamadōri der Präfektur Fukushima. May 23, 2017. 9 YEARS SINCE DISASTER: Ukedo wholesale market reopens, raising hopes for fisheries revival in Namie. 13 April 2020.

Ōkuma (大熊町, Ōkuma-machi) is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.In 2010, the town had a population of 11,515. 6 Nuclear disaster (situations at Okuma Town) In addition to direct damage from the earthquake and tsunami, the township suffered the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, forcing its entire population to