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Green tree frogs head for tree to lay eggs

KAWAUCHI, Japan, June 17 Kyodo - A pair of forest green tree frogs move on the dried-out Hebusu-numa marsh in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to lay eggs on a tree on June 11, 2015. Fallen spawn is seen in the foreground.

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Evacuation zone around Fukushima plant narrowed further

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 1, 2014, shows an area in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, after the government lifted its evacuation order for the area within a 20-kilometer radius of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Effective midnight the previous day, the government lifted the order for the area, where 275 people are registered as residents, citing a drop in radiation levels through decontamination activities and progress in infrastructure restoration.

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Evacuation order for part of Kawauchi Village lifted

KAWAUCHI, Japan - The village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, is seen on Sept. 30, 2014. The Japanese government lifted its evacuation order, issued following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, for part of the eastern area of the village on Oct. 1, citing a drop in radiation levels through decontamination activities.

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Fukushima villager sees cherry blossoms in own garden

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Katsutoshi Kusano looks at cherry blossoms in his garden on April 26, 2014, in Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture. The government permitted evacuees living in parts of the village's evacuation zone up to 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where the amount of radiation is relatively low, to return and stay overnight at their own homes for three months from the same day.

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Fukushima evacuee sees 'bonsai' trees at home

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Katsutoshi Kusano holds a "bonsai" plant, which he raised at an evacuation center, on April 26, 2014, as he returns home to Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture. The government permitted evacuees living in parts of the village's evacuation zone up to 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where the amount of radiation is relatively low, to stay overnight at their own homes for three months from the same day.

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Treatment of people exposed to Fukushima radiation changing

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Makiko Orita (R), a graduate student at Nagasaki University and health nurse, visits shop owner Yoshiyuki Yanai in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, to offer health consultations on July 31, 2013.

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Emperor, empress visit village near Fukushima complex

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R, facing a man) and Empress Michiko (next to emperor, bowing) meet with residents living in temporary housing in the village of Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2012. The imperial couple visited the village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to meet with the residents and inspect decontamination work.

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Coming-of-age ceremony in Fukushima

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Young women smile after a ceremony for young people coming of age this fiscal year in the Fukushima Prefecture village of Kawauchi on Aug. 14, 2012. Some villagers returned home earlier this year after all the villagers were forced to evacuate in the wake of the nuclear crisis in 2011.

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Coming-of-age ceremony in Fukushima

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Kawauchi Mayor Yuko Endo (R) hands a certificate to a young woman during a ceremony for young people coming of age this fiscal year in the Fukushima Prefecture village of Kawauchi on Aug. 14, 2012. Some villagers returned home earlier this year after all the villagers were forced to evacuate in the wake of the nuclear crisis in 2011.

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Fukushima village calls on evacuees to return home

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Photo taken on the night of Jan. 31, 2012, shows an area in Kawauchi, a village in Fukushima Prefecture whose residents were forced to relocate following the nearby nuclear power plant crisis. Kawauchi Mayor Yuko Endo called on some 2,600 evacuated villagers to return home permanently at a press conference at the prefectural government offices earlier in the day.

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2nd group of nuclear evacuees briefly return to homes

KAWAUCHI, Japan - An evacuee from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant arrives at a public facility in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, for radiation screening after completing a two-hour visit to his or her home in the village within a designated no-entry zone near the nuclear plant, holding a bag of retrieved belongings. A group of around 70 evacuees from the no-go zone briefly returned home the same day to pick up personal belongings. The evacuees were allowed to retrieve items that could be placed in plastic bags measuring 70 centimeters in both length and width. (Sex of the photographed person unknown)

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2nd group of nuclear evacuees briefly return to homes

KAWAUCHI, Japan - A woman undergoes radiation screening at a public facility in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, after completing a two-hour visit to her home in the village of Katsurao within a designated no-entry zone near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. A group of around 70 evacuees from the no-go zone briefly returned home the same day to retrieve personal belongings.

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2nd group of nuclear evacuees briefly return to homes

KAWAUCHI, Japan - A man wearing a radiation protection suit receives a helping hand as he enters a public facility in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, for radiation screening after completing a two-hour visit to his home in the village within a designated no-entry zone near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. A group of around 70 evacuees from the no-go zone briefly returned home the same day to pick up personal belongings. It was the second two-hour trip home by evacuees, following one on May 10 involving 92 people.