Fukushima nuclear exclusion zone, by Scotland Greenpeace photographer
Police Sergeant Yabuki Koshin (27yrs, wearing glasses, driving police car) and Constable Kanno Tomoyasu (20yrs) view the village from a bridge vantage point whilst on patrol in Namie town, within the evacuated, and now uninhabited 20km exclusion zone around Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, in Namie, Japan, on Monday 27th February 2012.\nThe exclusion zone used to be home to approximately 73,000 people, but all have been evacuated by the government and are now restricted from returning home due to high levels of radiation contamination from the explosions at the TEPCO owned Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, following the earthquake and tsunami of March 11th 2011.\nDue to the towns and zone being uninhabited the police patrol to prevent crime and theft from unoccupied properties and businesses.