Tokai [village] - Tokai

Japanese: 東海[村] - とうかい

A village in Naka district, eastern Ibaraki prefecture. The Joban Line runs through the village. It used to be a purely rural area, but in 1957 the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (now the Japan Atomic Energy Agency) was completed, and the Tokai Nuclear Power Plant of the Japan Atomic Power Company was also established, making it the nuclear center of Japan. Many factories and research institutes were established here, and the village developed rapidly. The village is home to Muramatsu Kokuzodo. The village suffered damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. 37.98 ^km2 . 37,438 people (2010).

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Japanese:

茨城県東部，那珂(なか)郡の村。常磐線が通じる。純農村であったが，1957年日本原子力研究所（現・日本原子力研究開発機構）が完成，日本原子力発電東海発電所なども設置されて日本の原子力センターとなり，多くの工場，研究所も立地，急速に発展した。村松虚空蔵堂がある。東日本大震災で，村内において被害が発生。37.98km²。３万7438人（2010）。

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