Japan city. Japanese IQ Test. Ten Favorite Japanese Expressions. Japanese Castle Explorer. KanjiPal: Free Kanji and Kana Games. Google Street View Shows Abandoned Fukushima Town. The 21,000 residents of Namie-machi, Japan, haven't been able to return to their hometown since March 2011.
The radiation there from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster is still too high. But now they, and the rest of the world, can take a virtual tour through the town's streets. Google Maps, working with Namie-machi mayor Tamotsu Baba, drove Google Street View cars through the abandoned town this month.
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