Separately, the government unveiled a 30-year plan to monitor the health of the two million residents of the prefecture, a step that acknowledges the effects of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant will be long-lasting and far-reaching.
The program will provide cancer diagnostics to all elementary and middle school children, supply dosimeters to all pregnant women and children, and decontaminate places where children gather, such as schools, parks and school roads.