History

Year	Date	Query
2011	11th, March	The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred, causing extensive damage in many areas. The government issued a "declaration of a nuclear emergency situation".
	12th, March	A hydrogen explosion occurred in the reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant's Unit 1 reactor. Large amounts of radioactive materials were dispersed into the atmosphere.
	12th, March	The government has issued evacuation orders within a 20-km radius of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
	14th, March	A hydrogen explosion occurred in the reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant's Unit 3 reactor. Large amounts of radioactive materials were dispersed into the atmosphere.
	15th, March	A hydrogen explosion occurred in the reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant's Unit 4 reactor. Large amounts of radioactive materials were dispersed into the atmosphere.
	16th, March	Sanriku Railway Hokurias Line between Rikunakanoda Station and Kuji resumed operation. (The train was free of charge as an earthquake reconstruction charity train.)
	18th, March	The JR Hachinohe Line from Aomori to Iwate Prefecture, between Hachinohe and Same stations, resumed operation.
	18th, March	JR Yamada Line resumed operation between Morioka and Kamiamaiuchi Stations.
	18th, March	JR Joban Line resumed operation between Toride and Tsuchiura stations.
	20th, March	Sanriku Railway Hokurias Line resumed operation between Miyako Station and Taro. (The train was free of charge as an earthquake reconstruction charity train.}
	24th, March	Operation resumed on the JR Hachinohe Line from Aomori to Iwate Prefecture, between Same Station and Hashikami Station.
	29th, March	Sanriku Railway Northern rias line resumed operation between Taro station and Iwaizumi Komoto station. (The train was free of charge as part of the earthquake reconstruction charity train.)
	31st, April	JR Joban Line resumed operation between Tsuchiura and Katsuta Stations.
	12th, April	JR Joban Line resumed operation between Iwanuma and Watari Stations.
	17th, April	JR Joban Line resumed operation between Yotsukura and Iwaki Stations.
	22nd, April	The government classified the evacuation zones into three categories according to the level of exposure at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant: the warning zone, the planned evacuation zone, and the emergency evacuation preparation zone.
	29th, April	Conducted "Survey of the situation and encouragement visit to the JPA Tohoku 3 Prefectures and Ibaraki Prefecture Consultation Support Centers for Intractable Diseases and the Federation of Intractable Diseases in the Tohoku Region after the Great East Japan Earthquake".
	29th, May	The JR Tohoku Shinkansen resumed operation on all lines.
	2nd, May	The Great East Japan Earthquake Special Financial Assistance and Subsidy Law was enacted.
	14th, June	JR Joban Line resumed operation between Kunohama and Yotsukura Stations.
	24th, July	The Basic Reconstruction Law came into effect.
	16th, July	The JR Senseki Line in Miyagi Prefecture, between Yamoto and Ishinomaki stations, resumed operation.
	25th, August	Scheduled domestic flights at Sendai Airport resumed operations.
	8th, August	The JR Hachinohe Line from Aomori to Iwate Prefecture, between Hashikami and Taneichi stations, resumed operation.
	12th, September	The "Special Law for Nuclear Power Plant Evacuees" came into effect.
	25th, October	Sendai Airport resumed scheduled international flights.
	10th, November	JR Joban Line, between Hirono Station and Kunohama Station, resumed operation.
	30th, December	The Law for Securing Funds for Reconstruction was passed.
	7th, December	The Great East Japan Earthquake Reconstruction Special Zone Law was enacted.
	16th, December	The government declared that the reactors had reached a state of cold shutdown and that the accident at the power plant itself had been brought under control.
	21st, December	The mid- to long-term roadmap for decommissioning, etc. of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Units 1-4 was determined.
	21st, January	JR Joban Line, between Soma and Haranomachi stations, resumed operation.
2012	1st, February	The Law Concerning Special Measures against Contamination by Radioactive Substances came into effect.
	10th, March	Reconstruction Agency opened.
	17th, March	Operation of the Senseki Line in Miyagi Prefecture resumed between Rikuzen Ono Station and Yamoto Station.
	17th, March	Miyagi Prefecture's Ishinomaki Line resumed operation between Ishinomaki and Watanoha Stations.
	17th, March	The JR Hachinohe Line from Aomori to Iwate Prefecture, between Taneichi and Kuji stations, resumed operation. This marked the opening of the entire Hachinohe Line.
	30th, April	Fukushima Reconstruction and Revitalization Special Measures Law passed.
	1st, April	Sanriku Railway Northern Rias Line resumed operation between Tanohata and Rikunakanoda Stations in Iwate Prefecture.
	1st, June	The evacuation order zones were reviewed into "off-limit zones," "restricted residential zones," and "areas preparing for the lifting of evacuation orders," according to radiation levels.
	21st, March	The Child Victims Assistance Act was enacted.
2013	23rd, March	JPA 1st tour to experience Fukushima firsthand.
	16th, March	JR Joban Line resumed operation between Watari and Hamayoshida Stations.
	16th, April	Operation resumed on the JR Ishinomaki Line between Watanoha Station and Urajuku Station in Miyagi Prefecture.
	3rd, September	Sanriku Railway Southern rias line resumed operation between Sakari Station and Yoshihama Station.
	7th, March	The 2020 Tokyo Olympics (Reconstruction Olympics) will be held in Tokyo, Japan.
2014	1st, April	JPA 2nd tour to experience Fukushima firsthand.
	1st, April	The evacuation order for the Miyakoji area of Tamura City has been lifted. This is the first time the evacuation order was lifted in the former evacuation zone. The evacuation order was lifted for the entire city.
	5th, April	Sanriku Railway Southern rias line resumed operation between Yoshihama Station and Kamaishi Station. This meant that the entire Southern rias line was now open to traffic.
	6th, June	Sanriku Railway Northern Rias Line resumed operation between Iwaizumi Komoto Station and Tanohata Station. With this, the entire Northern Rias Line was opened to traffic.
	1st, September	JR Joban Line resumed operation between Tatsuta and Hirono Stations.
	15th, October	Traffic restrictions were lifted on a 14-km stretch of National Route 6 in Fukushima Prefecture that spans the three towns of Tomioka, Okuma, and Futaba. For the first time in approximately three and a half years, the entire route was open to general vehicle traffic. A 1.7-km section of the Ono-Tomioka line, a prefectural road in Tomioka Town connecting National Route 6 and the Joban-Tomioka Interchange (IC) on the Joban Expressway, also became open to traffic.
	1st, March	The evacuation order for the evacuation preparation zone in Kawauchi Village was lifted. The restricted residential area was reorganized into the Evacuation Order Lifting Preparation Zone.
2015	March	Storage bags containing decontamination waste were started to be brought from temporary storage sites to intermediate storage facilities in Okuma and Futaba towns.
	1st, March	Joban Expressway between Joban-Tomioka IC and Namie IC (14.3km) opened. The entire route was opened to traffic.
	14th, March	JPA 3rd tour to experience Fukushima firsthand.
	21st, May	JR Ishinomaki Line resumed operation between Urayado Station and Onagawa Station. The Ishinomaki Line was fully opened to traffic.
	30th, June	JR Senseki Line resumed operation between Takagi-machi Station and and Rikuzen Ono Station. With this, the entire Senseki Line was opened to traffic.
	12th, September	The Cabinet approved the revised reconstruction guidelines for Fukushima. The cabinet approved a policy to lift the evacuation order for the "Evacuation Order Preparation Zone" by March 2017.
	9th, December	The evacuation order for the evacuation preparation zone in Naraha Machi was lifted. The evacuation order for all towns was lifted.
	25th, March	JR Ofunato Line, between Sakari Station and Kesennuma Station (43.7km), agreed with the local community for full restoration using the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system.
2016	12th, March	JPA 4th tour to experience Fukushima firsthand.
	18th, June	JR Kesennuma Line, between Kesennuma Station and Yanaizu Station (55.3 km), agreed with the local community for full restoration using the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system.
	12th, July	The evacuation order for the restricted residential area and the area preparing for the lifting of evacuation orders in Katsurao Village was lifted.
	12th, July	JR Joban Line resumed operation between Haranomachi and Odaka Stations.
	12th, October	The evacuation order for the restricted area and the evacuation order preparation zone in Minamisoma City was lifted.
	1st, December	The evacuation order for the evacuation preparation zone that had been issued for Kawauchi Village was lifted. The evacuation order for the entire village was lifted.
	10th, March	JR Joban Line resumed operation between Hamayoshida Station and Soma Station.
2017	10th, March	JPA 5th Tour to Experience Fukushima Firsthand
	31st, March	The evacuation order was lifted in the evacuation preparation zone and the restricted residential zone in Iitate Village. The Nagadoro area remained designated as an off-limit area.
	31st, March	The evacuation order was lifted in the Yamakoya district of Kawamata Town. The evacuation order for the entire town was lifted.
	31st, April	The evacuation order for the evacuation preparation zone and the restricted residential area in Namie Town was lifted.
	1st, May	JR Joban Line in Fukushima Prefecture resumed operation between Odaka and Namie Stations.
	19th, October	The "Act on Special Measures for Fukushima Reconstruction and Revitalization" was amended to establish the "Specific Reconstruction and Revitalization Zone" as a system.
	21st, December	JR Joban Line resumed operation between Tatsuta and Tomioka Stations.
	9th, March	JPA 6th tour to experience Fukushima firsthand.
2018	19th, March	All surface decontamination outside of the off-limit area was completed.
2019	9th, March	JPA 7th tour to experience Fukushima firsthand.
	2nd, March	Demolition of the former Otsuchi Town Hall in Iwate Prefecture was completed.
	23rd, April	JR Yamada Line between Miyako Station and Kamaishi Station was transferred to Sanriku Railway and resumed operation. With this, the 163-km line between Mori, Kamaishi, Miyako, and Kuji became the Sanriku Railway Rias Line, and was fully opened to traffic.
	10th, April	The evacuation order for the restricted residential area and the evacuation order preparation zone (Okawara and Nakayashiki areas) in Okuma Town was lifted.
	20th, July	Joban Line, J-Village Station opened between Kido and Hirono Stations.
	31st, September	The decision was made to decommission the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant (Units 1 to 4).
	5th, October	Restrictions on traffic on Prefectural Road 35 and part of National Road 288 (between Namie town and Okuma town, 6.4 km) were lifted.
	12th, October	Typhoon No. 19 made landfall in Fukushima Prefecture. Large sandbags (flexible container bags) used to store waste materials generated during decontamination were washed away by heavy rain.
	25th, November	A ceremony was held to mark the completion of a fishery joint-use facility at the Kakedo fishing port in Namie Town.
	30th, December	Sendai City's Eastern Reconstruction Road (bulge road, total length 10.2 km from Gamo, Miyagino-ku to Fujitsuka, Wakabayashi-ku) was fully opened to traffic.
	27th, February	The fifth revision of the "Medium- and Long-term Roadmap for Decommissioning Measures" was decided.
2020	26th, March	Tohoku Electric Power Company's Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 (Onagawa Town, Miyagi Prefecture, and Ishinomaki City, Ishinomaki Prefecture) passed the safety review by the Nuclear Regulation Authority.
	4th, March	The evacuation order for the evacuation preparation zone in Futaba Town, JR Futaba Station, etc. was lifted.
	5th, March	The evacuation order for the JR Okuma Station building and the surrounding area in the off-limit area in Okuma Town was lifted.
	7th, March	JPA 8th tour to experience Fukushima firsthand.
	10th, March	The evacuation order for the JR Yonomori Station building and surrounding roads in the off-imit area in Tomioka Town was lifted.
	14th, March	JR Joban Line resumed operation between Tomioka and Namie Stations. This meant that the entire Joban Line was open to traffic.
	24th, March	The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics (Reconstruction Olympics) were postponed by about one year.
	30th, April	Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, announced its Declaration of Reconstruction Achievement.
	8th, September	Auction resumed at Ukedo fishing port in Namie Town for the first time in nine years.
	20th, September	The Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Museum was opened.
	30th, November	The Sendai High Court ruled that the government was responsible for the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
	11th, January	The mayors of Miyagi Prefecture, Onagawa Town, and Ishinomaki City, where the plant is located, have agreed to restart operations of Tohoku Electric Power Company's Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant, which was damaged in the Great East Japan Earthquake.