A Bloomberg article shows that some contracted employees, at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, were paid the same as part time workers in Tokyo’s McDonald’s restaurants; about U.S.$11.00 per hour.

The article suggests that the reason the Fukushima Daiichi was built in that area, was to improve the local economy.  Now, the nuclear disaster has destroyed more than just the local economy.  Estimates, in U.S. dollars, to rebuild the area is at least $295 billion.  More than what was invested before the nuclear disaster.