菅首相「避難者帰還へ環境整備」　震災１０年控え福島視察

　菅義偉首相は６日、東京電力福島第１原発事故で大きな被害を受けた福島県を訪問した。１１日の東日本大震災発生１０年を前に復興状況を視察し、引き続き被災地の支援に重点的に取り組む姿勢を示すのが狙い。菅氏の福島入りは首相就任から間もない昨年９月下旬以来２回目。
　首相は、近くオープンする大熊町の商業施設を訪れ、吉田淳町長から説明を受けた。首相は「帰還困難区域を必ず解除していく方針に変わりない。他の地域で避難されている方が帰還できるような環境整備をしていきたい」と述べた。同町は福島第１原発が立地する。（2021/03/06-12:03）

Visiting Fukushima Prefecture on Saturday, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed to continue efforts to allow nuclear evacuees to return to their homes in the northeastern Japan prefecture.
   The prime minister paid the visit ahead of the 10th anniversary on Thursday of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered the country's worst nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station.
   Through the Fukushima visit, the second by Suga since he took office last September, the prime minister apparently intended to highlight the government's continued priority on support for disaster-hit areas.
   During the visit, Suga met Okuma Mayor Jun Yoshida at a commercial facility to be shortly opened in the Fukushima town, which hosts the disaster-crippled nuclear plant.
   "We stay on course toward lifting the evacuation order," Suga told Yoshida. "We're working to create an environment that allows those who have fled to other areas to return."