A House-call Doctor in Fukushima Honda Toru,.Tsunehisa Katsumata,Top Executive in Power Plant Meltdown, Dies at 84 . president of Tepco from 2002 to 2008 before becoming chairman.

Tsunehisa Katsumata, Top Executive in Power Plant Meltdown, Dies at 84

He was sued and prosecuted for his actions as chairman of the Japanese power company that ran the Fukushima nuclear facility when it failed in a 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Mr. Katsumata took over the management of Tepco’s emergency response in 2011 after the company’s president resigned, citing health issues. Mr. Katsumata stepped down as chairman in 2012 once the immediate emergency response had concluded. He had served as president of Tepco from 2002 to 2008 before becoming chairman. He joined Tepco after he graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1963.

Eleven years after the 2011 nuclear disaster, Honda Toru, a doctor, moved to Iitate village, a disaster-hit area in Fukushima, determined to live out his life there. After the accident, villagers had been forced to evacuate, but 6 years ago, the order was lifted for much of the village.


A House-call Doctor in Fukushima
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In 2022, a doctor moved to a village hit by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Residents had been forced to evacuate until 6 years ago. His goal is to help them to live their lives as they want to.