The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced Thursday the capital's incineration facilities will help store, dump and burn up disaster debris from Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, next year.
Onagawa is the second municipality after Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, to receive help from the capital.
The overwhelming amount of debris is interfering with rebuilding efforts in areas damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, but Tokyo's attempts to help are raising public concerns about radiation contamination. Much of the debris was likely tainted by fallout from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant in adjacent Fukushima Prefecture, which was hit by multiple reactor meltdowns triggered by the disasters.