PM Ishiba visits Fukushima Daiichi plant for 1st time since taking office

prime minister ishiba Shigeru visited Tokyo Electric Power company's Fukushima daichi nuclear power plant on December 14th this was his first trip to the disaster hit facility since taking office in October ishiba inspected severely damaged units One and Two from the outside while being briefed by TCO officials about the progress of decommissioning the plant the Japanese leader spoke with workers involved with the decommissioning and told them the government will provide support so that their efforts will pay off after touring the plant where some reactors experienced meltdown after tsunami swept through the facility following a major earthquake in March 2011 he made remarks to reporters noting that the coming five years are extremely important for addressing the challenges of reconstruction he said he wants to secure the financial resources needed to vigorously move forward with the government's reconstruction policies to