A Japanese hotel owner is taking radiation measurements as part of an effort to help rebuild communities that were abandoned following the devastating 2011 Fukushima nuclear catastrophe.
Tomoko Kobayashi, who operates an inn in the affected region, is among local residents who are collecting and sharing radiation data to help restore towns that were evacuated after the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear plant disaster struck Japan more than a decade ago.
The monitoring efforts by Kobayashi and others aim to provide crucial information needed to encourage former residents to return to their abandoned communities in the Fukushima area.
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