Fukushima town lifts evacuation order, allowing former residents to return 11 years after nuclear disaster

Posted: 31st August 2022


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By Emiko Jozuka and Jessie Yeung, CNN

Updated 0601 GMT (1401 HKT) August 30, 2022 

A barricade bars entry to a designated area in the Fukushima prefecture town of Futaba northeastern Japan on August 30 2022
A barricade bars entry to a designated area in the Fukushima prefecture town of Futaba, northeastern Japan, on August 30, 2022.

Tokyo (CNN)More than a decade after Japan’s worst nuclear disaster, the town that hosts the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant finally lifted its evacuation order on Tuesday, allowing former residents to come home. 



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