town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ōkuma (大熊町, Ōkuma-machi) is a Japanese town in Fukushima Prefecture on the island of Honshu.
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was built in Okuma.[1]
The area was evacuated because of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.[2]
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."[3]
The people who used to live in Ōkuma are called "nuclear refugees".[4]
There are three towns, one village, one city, and one district next to Ōkuma.
A sister city relationship was established with Bathurst, New South Wales in Australia.[5]
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