Reconstruction

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chinadaily.com.cn - February 10, 2012

TOKYO - Japanese government officially launched on Friday a reconstruction agency to promote the recovery of areas devastated by the March 11th earthquake.    

The reconstruction agency was planned to operate about 10 years until the end of March 2021, mainly dealing with questions about making reconstruction policy, settling down the location of special rebuild area, allotting reconstruction funds, and coordinating with other related departments to promote reconstruction.

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Many coastal Tohoku municipalities hit by the March 11 disaster and others affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis are suffering from a severe shortage of civil engineers and other backup staff, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey.

The survey, which targeted 42 municipalities in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, was conducted before Saturday, which marked 11 months since the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Thirty-three of the municipalities along the hard-hit coast or near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have called for outside help to meet the worker shortage, the survey found.

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