Fukushima temporary home visit rehearsal

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Yoshiyuki Takeuchi, 53, an employee of the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, shows his wife's engagement ring in Kawauchi, Fukushima, on May 3, 2011, after retrieving some items from his home near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Takeuchi made a quick return home as part of the municipality's rehearsal for the upcoming program to allow its evacuated residents to briefly visit their homes in the no-reentry zone near the plant. He recommended that residents make notes of what they want to retrieve before making the visits. (Kyodo)

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