避難なお３万８０００人　切れ目ない支援課題―東日本大震災、１１日で１１年

　東日本大震災の発生から１１日で１１年となる。復興庁によると、全国の避難者は３万８１３９人（２月８日現在）。東京電力福島第１原発事故の影響が大きかった福島県の一部では避難指示が続き、いまだに住民が帰還できておらず、被災者の現状に応じた継続的な支援が求められる。
　警察庁によると、死者は１万５９００人、行方不明者は２５２３人。復興庁によると、傷病悪化などが原因の「災害関連死」は昨年９月末現在で３７８４人に上った。
　１１日は岩手、宮城、福島各県で自治体主催の追悼式典が開かれ、地震発生時刻の午後２時４６分に関係者が黙とうする。政府主催の追悼式は発生１０年となった昨年が最後となり、岸田文雄首相が福島県の式典に出席する予定。（2022/03/10-17:01）

A total of 38,139 people were still evacuated from their homes as of Feb. 8, as Japan marks the 11th anniversary on Friday of a massive earthquake and tsunami that struck mainly the Tohoku northeastern region.
   Evacuation orders still remain in place for some areas in Fukushima Prefecture after the earthquake and tsunami triggered the country's worst-ever nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 plant, preventing locals from returning to their hometowns.
   The death toll from the March 11, 2011, disaster stands at 15,900, and 2,523 people remain unaccounted for, according to the National Police Agency.
   The number of deaths due to related causes, such as worsening of injuries suffered in the disaster, stood at 3,784 at the end of September last year, according to the Reconstruction Agency.
   In Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three prefectures hit hardest by the disaster, ceremonies sponsored by local governments will be held on Friday to remember the victims. People will offer silent prayers at 2:46 p.m. (5:46 a.m. GMT), the exact time when the 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck.