In Photos: The Fukushima town frozen in time by the disasters of March 2011

Plants are seen growing into a home in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2020. (Mainichi/Tomonari Takao)

Futons that were used by evacuees at Healthcare Futaba are seen left much as they were in March 2011, communicating a sense of the urgency at the time, in this image taken on Aug. 11, 2020. (Mainichi/Tomonari Takao)

A cooking station at Healthcare Futaba, where people would make rice balls to distribute at the evacuation center, is seen with pots with rice still stuck to them and spatulas and dried out ingredients left in them as they were in March 2011, in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2020. (Mainichi/Tomonari Takao)

A cooking station at Healthcare Futaba, where people would make rice balls to distribute at the evacuation center, is seen with pots with rice still stuck to them and spatulas and dried out ingredients left in them as they were in March 2011, in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2020. (Mainichi/Tomonari Takao)

The remains of an 88th birthday party that was being celebrated on March 11, 2011, the day of the Great East Japan Earthquake, are seen as they were, on Aug. 11, 2020, in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. (Mainichi/Tomonari Takao)

The exterior of Futaba Healthcare, which was used as an evacuation center, is seen in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2020. (Mainichi/Tomonari Takao)

A clock that stopped shortly past 2:46 p.m., around the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and a calendar for March 2011, are seen in the government office at Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2020. (Mainichi/Tomonari Takao)

Flexible containers filled with radioactively contaminated soil and other materials at an interim storage facility are seen in this image taken from the Futaba Municipal Government office in Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2020. (Mainichi/Tomonari Takao)

Two members of the Futaba Project are seen with an information board set up at JR Futaba Station, in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2020. (Mainichi/Tomonari Takao)

Stacks of files strewn over a bed containing the names of people using the welfare facility that someone had appeared to try and carry out of the building are seen in Healthcare Futaba, in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2020. (Mainichi/Tomonari Takao)

One of a number of signs around the town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, which tell people they cannot enter because the area is a "difficult-to-return zone," is seen on Aug. 11, 2020. (Mainichi/Tomonari Takao)

The ticket barrier at JR Futaba Station is seen with an electronic board indicating the current air radiation dose, in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2020. (Mainichi/Tomonari Takao)

Flexible containers filled with radioactively contaminated soil and other waste at an interim storage facility are seen in this image taken in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2020. (Mainichi/Tomonari Takao)

One of the town of Futaba's main streets is seen with dilapidated shops and devoid of people or cars, in Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2020. (Mainichi/Tomonari Takao)