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21 Juillet 2014
July 21, 2014
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140721p2g00m0dm050000c.html
FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Katsuya Endo, the former mayor of Tomioka in northeastern Japan who was forced to evacuate the town along with his fellow residents following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, died of gum cancer on Sunday, his family said. He was 74.
Endo served as mayor of the Fukushima Prefecture town for a total of 16 years over four four-year terms between 1997 and 2013. He lost his re-election bid last year.
After a powerful earthquake and tsunami crippled Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi power plant north of the town, all Tomioka residents were forced to evacuate their seaside town. Town hall operations were also moved.
Endo was living in Koriyama, an inland Fukushima city west of Tomioka, when he died at a hospital there.
Tomioka plays host to Tokyo Electric's Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, which remains offline following the disaster at the nuclear complex nearby.
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