安倍首相、福島の被災地視察　「復興は確実に前進」

　安倍晋三首相は７日、東日本大震災から１１日で９年を迎えるのを前に、東京電力福島第１原発事故で被害を受けた福島県沿岸部を視察した。この後、首相は記者団に「復興は確実に前進している。福島が復興するその日が来るまで、国が前面に立って全力を挙げていく」と語った。

　一連の視察で首相は、近く全線開通するＪＲ常磐線の試運転列車に乗車。避難指示が解除された双葉駅や浪江町の世界最大級の水素製造拠点を巡った。常磐自動車道の常磐双葉インターチェンジ開通式では、新型コロナウイルス感染防止のため地元関係者の参加が制限された。（2020/03/07-12:25）

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Saturday reiterated his commitment to help Fukushima Prefecture recover from the March 2011 nuclear accident.
   "The reconstruction is advancing for sure," Abe told reporters in the Fukushima town of Namie. "Until the day Fukushima recovers, the government will make all-out efforts at the front end," he said.
   Abe made the comments after a tour of the northeastern prefecture's coastal areas hit hard by the triple meltdown at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
   During the tour, Abe boarded a test-run train on East Japan Railway Co.'s Joban Line, which is expected to be fully reopened soon, after being damaged in the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters.
   He also visited Futaba Station on the Joban Line, where an evacuation advisory was recently lifted, and a large hydrogen plant in Namie. He attended the opening ceremony of an interchange on the Joban Expressway.