(6) Miyake villagers head home as evacuation order lifted

(6) Miyake villagers head home as evacuation order lifted

MIYAKE ISLAND, Japan - Yoshiyuki Asanuma (L) puts on light as his wife Masako watches after returning home on Miyake Island for the first time in four years early Feb. 2. The first group of 62 evacuees from Miyake returned to the island after the village government lifted an evacuation order the previous day, 53 months after residents were forced to leave in 2000 because of volcanic activity there. (Kyodo)

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