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Fukushima compensation call

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Tokyo – Thousands of people angered by Japan's nuclear power plant accident have rallied in Fukushima to demand full compensation for victims and swift decontamination of their neighbourhoods.

"Our town should be decontaminated at the earliest possible date and our life should be restored as it was before March 11," the mayor of Namie, Tamotsu Baba, told the rally.

All 21,000 residents in Namie, just north of the Fukushima No. 1 plant, were forced to evacuate their homes after the March 11 disaster. Tens of thousands of people remain evacuated from homes and businesses in a 20-kilometre no-go zone around the plant. Fully decontaminating these areas is expected to take decades.