the central government is responsible for cleanup in the fukushima prefecture. no entry zones. it is also subsidizing the work in other areas. the government has allocated 11 billion dollars. it hasn't made clear what the total cost might be. experts from the science and technology institute have studied the cost. their estimate for the no-entry zones is about $20 billion. in other areas, $31 billion. this includes the cost of handling and storing radioactive waste such as contaminated soil. >> the government should study the costs before deciding whether to complete decontamination or reallocate the money to help people rebuild their lives. >> she also says the government is doing the work without considering the expectations of residents. >>> fishermen are angry at the operators of the fukushima nuclear power plant. they have admitted that contaminated water is seeping into the ocean. about 100 fishermen attended a private briefing session by tepco. they said the spread of contamination is limited. they also explained their plan to build walls along the coast to prevent taint

. >> reporter: she evacuated from fukushima prefecture. at a meeting in a local high school she describes the moment when she and her parents have to leave her grandparents behind in fukushima. >> translator: when life is normal, we don't experience things like that. it was heartbreaking. >> reporter: her troubles began after her junior high graduation ceremony. on march 11th, 2011, the day of the earthquake. the kato residence sits eight kilometers from the fukushima daiichi power plant. the family decided to set out for nearly 200 miles away. but it meant she had to give up her dream of enrolling at a local high school and becoming a nurse. she and her family stayed at this evacuation center. local high school volunteers visited her and other evacuees. some had hearing impairments, than would have a bearing on shizuka's new life. meantime, she enjoyed getting together with her new friends. >> translator: for two or three weeks after the disaster, i didn't have many opportunities to speak to anyone, so being with the volunteers was fun. i

. >>> iwaki city in fukushima prefecture was devastated by the great east japan earthquake. marie mutsuki mockett, a japanese american author, is visiting the area. >> there are people surfing. that's just like my home in california. such a beautiful day.

fukushima daiichi nuclear plant want to restart reactors at another plant they own. the tepco officials want permission to resume operations at the reactors in kashiwazaki in nagata prefecture. all but two reactors in japan remain offline following the 2011 accident at the fukushima plant. reactors must meet new safety standards that go into effect this month before they can go back into operation. the governor is opposed to the plan by the tokyo electric power company. he says there can be no discussion about restarting the plant until the fukushima accident is thoroughly investigating. tepco's board of directors decided to apply for government screening of the kashiwazaki plant as soon as the new guidelines take effect. >> translator: we'd like to explain to the residents why we want to make our application to the government as soon as possible. >> tepco raised electricity fees last year to cover the growing cost of fuel for its thermal power plants, but it continues to struggle with the huge deficit. tepco posted more than $6.8 billion losses in the year through march. the firm must return to the black by march next year in order to receive taxpayer money and bank loans

yesterday we showed you video out of yamagata prefecture of the flash flooding there. today, this out of fukushima where there's a landslide occurred about 30 meters -- or 20 meters in height, ten meters in width. this road crashed down onto these train tracks and obviously it stopped the train service there. crews had to get out there, clear it up. definitely disrupted anybody's travel plans going through that area of fukushima. this was due to rainfall earlier in the week, saturated the ground and caused a landslide. that's what we're talking about heavy rainfall, saturated ground and risk of landslides. for now tokyo with a high of 29 on saturday. expecting to get into the 30s by sunday. seoul at 28. shanghai, 37 to start off your weekend. look towards the americas. what's going on here? well, the southwest monsoon, that moisture being pulled out of the pacific still bringing showers in mexico, four corners region, risk of thunderstorms and also flash flooding out of that as well in the short-time heavy rain. but the bulk of the severe weather is off to the north. you can even see on satellite

. >>> decontaminating fukushima prefecture could reach mor t