According to a survey conducted in Japan in February 2021, over 50 percent of electors living in Fukushima Prefecture agreed that the country was responsible to some extent for the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011. Around 33 percent stated that the country was greatly responsible.
In 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake and the following tsunami led to meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which is owned by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). This triple disaster caused the highest cost of damage caused by natural disasters recorded throughout the past decade.
Opinion on the responsibility of the country regarding the nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan as of February 2021
electors of Fukushima Prefecture; only one answer allowed
Method of interview
Telephone interview
Supplementary notes
Original question: "How responsible do you think the country is regarding the failure in preventing the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant?"
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Asahi Shimbun. (February 24, 2021). Opinion on the responsibility of the country regarding the nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan as of February 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1217990/japan-government-responsibility-fukushima-nuclear-accident/
Asahi Shimbun. "Opinion on the responsibility of the country regarding the nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan as of February 2021." Chart. February 24, 2021. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1217990/japan-government-responsibility-fukushima-nuclear-accident/
Asahi Shimbun. (2021). Opinion on the responsibility of the country regarding the nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan as of February 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1217990/japan-government-responsibility-fukushima-nuclear-accident/
Asahi Shimbun. "Opinion on The Responsibility of The Country regarding The Nuclear Accident in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan as of February 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Feb 2021, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1217990/japan-government-responsibility-fukushima-nuclear-accident/
Asahi Shimbun, Opinion on the responsibility of the country regarding the nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan as of February 2021 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1217990/japan-government-responsibility-fukushima-nuclear-accident/ (last visited September 20, 2024)
Opinion on the responsibility of the country regarding the nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan as of February 2021 [Graph], Asahi Shimbun, February 24, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1217990/japan-government-responsibility-fukushima-nuclear-accident/
