Even as Evacuation Orders are Lifted, Recovery Remains Distant Prospect for Many Fukushima Residents

Containers of contaminated soil in temporary storage await safety checks in Minamisōma, Fukushima, on June 11, 2016. Photo by Tsuchie Hironori. (© Manichi Shimbun/Aflo)

Sasaki Yasuko’s memoir of her years in temporary housing.

Sasaki Yasuko toward the end of her life, at work on a model of her abandoned home in Namie. Photo taken by the author in 2013.