J-Village

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Stadium and power line to the Hirono power plant

J-Village ( proper spelling : J-VILLAGE ; J ヴ ィ レ ッ ジ , J Virejji ) is a sports, training and event center opened in 1997 in the Japanese towns of Naraha and Hirono , Fukushima Prefecture . It was mainly financed by the energy supplier Tepco ( Tokyo Electric Power Company ) and is located directly next to the Tepco oil and coal power station Hirono ( 広 野 火力 発 電 所 , Hirono karyoku hatsudensho , English Hirono Thermal Power Station ), which was destroyed by the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011 , 20 kilometers south of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant .

J-Village is the largest sports facility in Japan with a stadium and twelve other football fields. In addition to football, there are also facilities for rugby , tennis , basketball , volleyball and badminton , a heated swimming pool, a convention center and a hotel with 262 beds.

Until the nuclear disaster in Fukushima , J-Village served, among other things, as a training and education center for the Japanese national soccer team . It was used by the Argentine national soccer team during the 2002 soccer world championship .

Headquarters during the nuclear disaster

During the series of accidents in March 2011, the power plant operator Tepco set up the headquarters for the crisis managers and living areas for initially 700 employees and auxiliary workers in the power plant in J-Village. The sleeping places for the many workers were initially accommodated on the floor in corridors and halls, and there was a lack of showers and toilets.

On April 2, 2011, Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan briefly visited the workers in J-Village.

In November 2011, a TV documentary gave the public a glimpse of the headquarters for the first time.

Web links

Commons : J-Village  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Japan's radiation proletariat . taz. April 14, 2011. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 2, 2011. (of the article) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.taz.de
  2. ↑ Nuclear power: We need every wisdom . Mirror online. April 4, 2011. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011. Retrieved on May 2, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b Kan visits J-Village nuclear responders, tsunami-hit city ( English ) Japan Times. April 2, 2011. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011. Retrieved on May 2, 2011.
  4. ↑ J-Village: Base Camp For The Fukushima Daiichi Clean-up ( English ) movie-lounge.com. April 17, 2011. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 2, 2011. (from Japan Probe page ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / movie-lounge.com
  5. ↑ Improvement of the living environment of the workers at Fukushima Daiichi and Daini Nuclear Power Stations ( English ) Tepco. May 4, 2011. Archived from the original on May 5, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  6. ↑ Earthquake Report - JAIF (PDF; 160 kB) NHK / JAIF. November 11, 2011. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 14, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jaif.or.jp

Coordinates: 37 ° 14 ′ 32.4 ″  N , 141 ° 0 ′ 10.6 ″  E