Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

Makoto Sugioka, mayor of the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, speaks to the press on May 1, 2023, after the Japanese government lifted an evacuation order for parts of the village the same day. The restrictions have been in place since the March 2011 nuclear disaster left the areas inhabitable due to high radiation levels.

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