An innkeeper in Fukushima measures radiation to revive her hometown, in photos

Tomoko Kobayashi holds a photograph taken by her late husband showing her with relatives outside their inn in the summer of 2011, when they briefly returned after evacuating following the March 11, 2011 disaster, in Odaka, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Posted Tuesday, March 10, 2026 12:15 am

By LOUISE DELMOTTE

Monitors like innkeeper Tomoko Kobayashi share radiation data to revitalize towns people left after the Fukushima earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

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