KITA-IBARAKI, Ibaraki Prefecture The government’s plan to release radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean has thrown into question the international demand for anglerfish, a local delicacy that is increasingly an export item.
Six of 15 locations with nuclear power plants, excluding those in Fukushima Prefecture, have not compiled sufficient emergency plans, including wide-area evacuations, in the event of a serious accident.
Ibaraki Governor Kazuhiko Oigawa, shrugging off a recent survey by the Brand Research Institute that ranked his prefecture as the least attractive in all of Japan.
Prefectural governors are sharply criticizing the central government for not taking stronger measures to fend off the most recent surge in novel coronavirus infections.