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Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first. On March 11, , a 9. Kazuko Moghul, who lives in Ontario, said she had family in parts of Japan that were hit by the earthquake and tsunami. Moghul tried to get in touch with her family that day, but had no luck and in the days that followed she would learn that the earthquake and deadly waves had taken the lives of four family members. Read more: Tears, prayers as Japan marks 5th anniversary of tsunami. Ontario resident Dan Ayotte, an employee of General Electric, was working in the offices of the nuclear plant when the earthquake hit. While Ayotte managed to escape and make it back to his home in Peterborough, Ont. On this episode of Whatever happened to…? The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

Forestry was once a thriving industry in Fukushima — until the nuclear disaster struck. More than 70 percent of the prefecture is covered with trees, but large areas have been abandoned or neglected. Ever since an earthquake and tsunami triggered a triple meltdown at the facility, the forest has been abandoned.

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Some of its most prized pine trees, more than 50 years old, click died. Akimoto, 72, heads a local forestry cooperative that was relocated elsewhere in the prefecture following the nuclear accident. But after nine years and eight months, it returned to Tomioka on November 4. Akimoto Nucclear, the head of the Futaba district forestry cooperative.

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The forestry cooperative ships timber and manages maintenance, such as thinning out trees. Akimoto oversees about 2, hectares, 60 percent of which is in areas subject to an evacuation order due to high radiation levels. His cooperative used to have 20 workers.

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At one point, the number dwindled to just two. Akimoto has worked hard to keep it afloat, negotiating with the central government and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company on decontamination work and compensation. He believes forest preservation will one day help to ensure evacuated residents can return.

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Unattended areas of woodland can pose various risks, including fires. A contaminated forest would be particularly hazardous in the event of a landslide, because the mud flow is likely to contain radioactive substances.

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