THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 4, 2020 at 17:52 JST
Evacuation orders for Futaba Station, right-hand corner, on the JR Joban Line, the Hamano and Morotake districts, upper center, where industrial complexes are located, and a road extending from the station, far right, are lifted in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. The orders will remain in place for residential areas. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The government partially lifted an evacuation order for Futaba, one of two towns whose jurisdiction covers the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. It marked the first time for restrictions to be lifted for a designated "difficult-to-return zone." [Read More]
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