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Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

A police vehicle patrols after an evacuation order is lifted in a nonresidential area in the village of Katsurao near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 31, 2025. The central government took the step in a 26-hectare area, including a wind power generation site in the village, on the condition that it be used only for business purposes.

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Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

An evacuation order is lifted in a nonresidential area in the village of Katsurao near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 31, 2025. The central government took the step in a 26-hectare area, including a wind power generation site in the village, on the condition that it be used only for business purposes.

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Radioactive waste stored in Fukushima village

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Piles of radioactive waste generated from decontamination works are temporarily stored in the Noyuki district in Katsurao Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 30, 2014. The waste has been brought in from other areas in the village.

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Evacuee briefly returns in Katsurao, Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yukichi Otsuki finds moss phlox in his deserted garden in the Noyuki district in Katsurao Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 30, 2014. Otsuki has evacuated to Miharu Town in the prefecture following the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Award-winning Fukushima village head

GENEVA, Switzerland - Photo taken Sept. 2, 2013 in Geneva shows Masahide Matsumoto, mayor of Katsurao village in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, the winner of the 2013 Green Star Award, a U.N.-sponsored disaster response award.

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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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Residents of Fukushima village allowed to move back in after 11 years

Workers open the gate in the Fukushima Prefecture village of Katsurao, northeastern Japan, on June 12, 2022, as evacuation orders are lifted for part of the village, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, to allow residents to move back into their homes more than a decade on from the March 2011 disaster.

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Residents of Fukushima village allowed to move back in after 11 years

Workers open the gate in the Fukushima Prefecture village of Katsurao, northeastern Japan, on June 12, 2022, as evacuation orders are lifted for part of the village, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, to allow residents to move back into their homes more than a decade on from the March 2011 disaster.

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Monkeys near crippled Fukushima nuclear plant

A wild monkey is spotted on the roof of an abandoned house in Katsurao, a northeastern Japan village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on June 5, 2022. An evacuation order placed in the village soon after the March 2011 nuclear crisis is scheduled to be lifted partially on June 12.

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Monkeys near crippled Fukushima nuclear plant

A wild monkey is spotted on a road in Katsurao, a northeastern Japan village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on June 5, 2022. An evacuation order placed in the village soon after the March 2011 nuclear crisis is scheduled to be lifted partially on June 12.

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Monkeys near crippled Fukushima nuclear plant

Wild monkeys are spotted on a road in Katsurao, a northeastern Japan village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on June 5, 2022. An evacuation order placed in the village soon after the March 2011 nuclear crisis is scheduled to be lifted partially on June 12.

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Monkeys near crippled Fukushima nuclear plant

A wild monkey is spotted on a road in Katsurao, a northeastern Japan village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on June 5, 2022. An evacuation order placed in the village soon after the March 2011 nuclear crisis is scheduled to be lifted partially on June 12.

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Monkeys near crippled Fukushima nuclear plant

Wild monkeys are spotted on a road in Katsurao, a northeastern Japan village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on June 5, 2022. An evacuation order placed in the village soon after the March 2011 nuclear crisis is scheduled to be lifted partially on June 12.

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Japan PM Kishida in Fukushima Pref.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front, L) eats ice cream during a visit to Katsurao, a northeastern Japan village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on June 5, 2022. Kishida took a first-hand look at the village where an evacuation order is set to be lifted partially on June 12.

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Japan PM Kishida in Fukushima Pref.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press in Katsurao, a northeastern Japan village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on June 5, 2022. Kishida took a first-hand look at the village where an evacuation order is set to be lifted partially on June 12.

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Japan PM Kishida in Fukushima Pref.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press in Katsurao, a northeastern Japan village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on June 5, 2022. Kishida took a first-hand look at the village where an evacuation order is set to be lifted partially on June 12.

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Japan PM Kishida in Fukushima Pref.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) visits Katsurao, a northeastern Japan village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on June 5, 2022. Kishida took a first-hand look at the village where an evacuation order is set to be lifted partially on June 12.

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N. Korea fires 8 short-range ballistic missiles

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press in the Fukushima Prefecture village of Katsurao, northeastern Japan, on June 5, 2022, after North Korea reportedly launched eight short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan earlier in the day.

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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. (Kyodo)

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Continued entry restrictions in part of Fukushima

Char swim in a mountain stream within a so-called difficult-to-return zone in Katsurao, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 10, 2018. Entry restrictions continue in part of Fukushima Prefecture, where a nuclear power plant was devastated in the earthquake-tsunami disaster in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Continued entry restrictions in part of Fukushima

Char swim in a mountain stream within a so-called difficult-to-return zone in Katsurao, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 10, 2018. Entry restrictions continue in part of Fukushima Prefecture, where a nuclear power plant was devastated in the earthquake-tsunami disaster in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Continued entry restrictions in part of Fukushima

Char swim in a mountain stream within a so-called difficult-to-return zone in Katsurao, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 10, 2018. Entry restrictions continue in part of Fukushima Prefecture, where a nuclear power plant was devastated in the earthquake-tsunami disaster in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coming-of-age ceremony at nuclear disaster-hit village

Young people attend a coming-of-age ceremony on Jan. 2, 2017, in the nuclear accident-affected northeastern Japan village of Katsurao. The ceremony was held there for the first time since the village was designated as an evacuation zone in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coming-of-age ceremony at nuclear disaster-hit village

Young people attend a coming-of-age ceremony on Jan. 2, 2017, in the nuclear accident-affected northeastern Japan village of Katsurao. The ceremony was held there for the first time since the village was designated as an evacuation zone in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo