Fukushima tour draws foreigners to areas devastated by nuclear accident

There is growing interest among foreign tourists for a tour in English to former evacuation zones in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima where a devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 triggered a nuclear disaster."More people are becoming interested in going on the tour that can deepen their knowledge," explains an official at the Japan National Tourism Organization.At 8 a.m. on a frigid morning in January, foreign tourists gathered in front of Tokyo Station and boarded a station wagon headed to Fukushima Prefecture."It's surprisingly close from Tokyo." "Are nuclear pow…READ FULL ARTICLE