Japanese government adopts revised policy for disaster reconstruction

The government adopted Friday a revised basic policy for the reconstruction of areas affected by the March 2011 disasters, which features the establishment of a successor body to the Reconstruction Agency.

The existing agency is to be dissolved by the end of March 2021, 10 years after the Tohoku region and other areas were hit by the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent triple core meltdown at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 plant.

In the revised policy, adopted at a Cabinet meeting, the government made clear that it will establish the successor institution to complete reconstruction.

It also plans to create a ministerial post at the new body.

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In the latest review of the basic policy, the government said the successor body needs to play the role of a commander, just like the Reconstruction Agency, to eliminate vertically divided administrative functions.

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