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  • You can see twelve cabinet members such as Okuma, Okubo, Iwakura

    Searching Boston Museum of Fine Arts 2005

  • Ko Sasaki for The Wall Street Journal A dog that was abandoned in the haste to evacuate remains tied up in Okuma.

    Ghost Towns of Japan 2011

  • In the mayoral election for Okuma, one of the two towns home to the stricken plant, an incumbent mayor handily beat a challenger in a race contested over whether residents should return to its contaminated land or start rebuilding elsewhere.

    Japan's Evacuees Head to the Polls Yuka Hayashi 2011

  • All of Okuma's 11,000 residents have been forced to evacuate from their homes.

    Japan's Evacuees Head to the Polls Yuka Hayashi 2011

  • Ko Sasaki for The Wall Street Journal At least five cows lay dead in a barn in Okuma, still chained to holding pens.

    Ghost Towns of Japan 2011

  • In this Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station is seen through a bus window in Okuma, Japan, as the media were allowed into Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant for the first time since the March 11 disaster.

    Tokyo Turns to Evacuation and Cleanup Mitsuru Obe 2011

  • Associated Press Residents of Okuma, home of the troubled nuclear complex, are evacuated to Aizuwakamatsu on Sunday.

    Fate of Those Living Near Power Plant Raises Concerns Yoree Koh 2011

  • Radiation readings were even higher in neighboring Okuma, which shares part of the Daiichi nuclear complex with Futaba.

    Eerie Hush Descends on Japan's Nuclear Zone Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011

  • Sumitomo Heavy Industries slumped 5%, and Okuma fell 4.9%.

    Europe Tumbles; Asia Stalls 2011

  • As questions loom over when residents will return—if ever—the status of towns like Futaba, Okuma and others near the plant is becoming a political issue.

    Eerie Hush Descends on Japan's Nuclear Zone Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011

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