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Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

Gates to the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are opened 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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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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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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Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

Residents enter the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 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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Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

Gates to the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are opened 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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Japan PM Kishida views cherry blossoms in nuclear crisis-hit town

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from L) views cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tomioka, a town located near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 1, 2023, after a restricted access order, imposed following the March 2011 disaster, was lifted the same day in a part of the northeastern Japan town. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Kishida visits nuclear crisis-hit town

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) visits Tomioka, a town located near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 1, 2023, after a restricted access order, imposed following the March 2011 disaster, was lifted the same day in a part of the northeastern Japan town. (Pool photo)

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New Year in disaster area

KESENNUMA, Japan - The New Year sunrise lights up an area devastated by the March 2011 tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 1, 2012. The tsunami reached three-fourths of the height of the tower seen in the center.

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New Year in disaster area

ONAGAWA, Japan - A former residential area in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, devastated by the March 2011 tsunami is lit by the New Year's sunrise on Jan. 1, 2012.

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Kesennuma city before and after 2011 disaster

SENDAI, Japan - An aerial view of Kesennuma (above), Miyagi Prefecture, photographed from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 12, 2011, the day after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan, marks a sharp contrast with another photo of the same place (below) taken on Sept. 1, 2014, following the readjustment of tsunami-erased land lots in the area.

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Northern Japan city before and after 2011 disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Two contrasting pictures of an area hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, taken from a Kyodo News helicopter are shown, with the upper photo taken on March 23, 2011, and the lower one on Sept. 1, 2014.

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Fukushima gov. tells ministers of acceptance of radioactive waste

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (C) along with Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto (L) meets with reporters in the northeastern Japanese city of Fukushima on Sept. 1, 2014, after meeting with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato on a plan to store radioactive waste from decontamination following the March 2011 nuclear disaster for up to 30 years in the prefecture.

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Fukushima gov. tells ministers of acceptance of radioactive waste

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (far L) meets with reporters in the northeastern Japanese city of Fukushima on Sept. 1, 2014, after telling two Cabinet ministers he will accept a central government plan to store radioactive waste from decontamination following the March 2011 nuclear disaster for up to 30 years in the prefecture.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show an area of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 25, 2011 (top), two weeks after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Shizugawa area of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), a day after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show an area in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), two days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2014 (bottom).

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1st graduation ceremony held at Japanese high school in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - The Shanghai Japanese School's senior high school holds its first graduation ceremony on March 1, 2014. The high school was founded in Shanghai, China, in April 2011, as the first public senior high school outside Japan.

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Christmas tree in disaster-hit city

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Photo shows a Christmas tree to encourage children in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on Dec. 1, 2013, prior to the 1,000th day on Dec. 4 since the disaster.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Yoshida area of Watari town, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), a day after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R), complete with a greenhouse complex to grow strawberries.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Arahama area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), the day of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (bottom).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area around Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). Many pupils and teachers at the school were killed or became unaccounted for in the disaster.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show Shizugawa High School in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). People still live in temporary housing units (R) on the school ground, where survivors wrote "SOS." (L).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Shishiori area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). Work began Sept. 9, 2013, to dismantle the fishing vessel Kyotoku Maru No. 18 (front in both) that was washed ashore by the tsunami and has remained stranded.

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2 years after quake

NAMIE, Japan - Photos show a road jammed with evacuating cars in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan that triggered a nuclear disaster in the prefecture, and the same location on March 1, 2013. It is empty as the area has been designated a no-entry zone.

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2 years after quake

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2013.

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2 years after quake

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 14, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2013. Nothing except for a gas station that has resumed operations shows a sign of reconstruction.

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2 years after quake

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photos show a bridge in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2013. The bridge is still under renovation with traffic control.

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2 years after quake

MIYAKO, Japan - Photos show a road in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same road on March 1, 2013.

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2 years after quake

KAMAISHI, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show the area around Kamaishi port in Iwate Prefecture on April 10, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2013, with the large cargo vessel having been removed.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - A March 1, 2013 photo shows workers at the No. 4 (R) and No. 3 (L back) reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - A March 1, 2013 photo shows tanks for storing water contaminated by radioactive material at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - A March 1, 2013 photo shows workers at the No. 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - A March 1, 2013, photo shows wrecked vehicles, swept away by a tsunami and left as debris on the sea side of the No. 4 reactor turbine building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

NARAHA, Japan - A March 1, 2013 photo shows workers waiting at the J-Village outpost in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, for vehicles to carry them to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in the northeastern Japan prefecture. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - A March 1, 2013 photo shows huge tanks for storing water contaminated by radioactive material at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - A March 1, 2013, photo shows the No. 4 reactor building (L) and a facility (R) under construction to remove spent fuel from the pool at the reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - A March 1, 2013, photo shows the common spent-fuel pool of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - Takeshi Takahashi, chief of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, explains the work to remove spent fuel from the pool of the No. 4 reactor building at the plant on March 1, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - A March 1, 2013 photo shows huge tanks for storing water contaminated by radioactive material at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Disaster-hit students head to London

NARITA, Japan - Junior high school students from Japanese prefectures hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami prepare to depart Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2012, for London. About 20 children from Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures will watch some of the Games and meet local children as guests of the Japanese Olympic Committee.

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Sendai man to serve as Olympic torch runner

SENDAI, Japan - Sadaharu Mishina (L), 31, an employee at ANA Holiday Inn Sendai, shakes hands with his supervisor Kimifusa Shibata, 47, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on June 1, 2012. Mishina, who lost his 2-year-old daughter and saw his home damaged in the March 2011 disaster that struck the region, will be a torch runner in the upcoming London Olympics, running with the sacred flame in a suburb of Leeds, a city in the north of England, on June 25.

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - Two young crested ibises (L) look for food beside one of their parents (R) in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young birds were two of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis (L) lands beside one of its parents in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young bird is one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - Two young crested ibises spread their wings in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young birds were two of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area with a torii gate for a Shinto shrine in the village of Noda, Iwate Prefecture, on March 14, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (R).

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (R).

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 28, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (bottom), in which restoration work is under way after fishing boats brought ashore by the tsunami were removed.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 14, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (bottom), in which a fishing boat brought ashore by the tsunami has not yet been removed.