Japanese PM visits Fukushima to check reconstruction

TOKYO (Xinhua) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Fukushima Prefecture on Sunday to check the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 quake and tsunami disasters, local media reported.

Abe stopped by Namie, a small town which was evacuated following the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and to which residents' access is now still restricted, said Kyodo News Agency.

Abe visited the town to check its current state before the narrowing of the zone.

It is Abe's fourth such tour in the quake-hit Tohoku region and the latest since he visited Iwate and Miyagi prefectures in February, according to reports.