Temporary storage area for radioactive waste in Fukushima

Temporary storage area for radioactive waste in Fukushima

TAMURA, Japan - Radioactive waste produced in decontamination work is placed at a temporary storage area in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 31, 2014. An evacuation order was lifted in the city's Miyakoji district on April 1 following completion of decontamination work.

Fukushima school set to reopen after temporary evacuation

Fukushima school set to reopen after temporary evacuation

TAMURA, Japan - Teachers at Furumichi Elementary School in the Miyakoji district of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, prepare decorations on March 31, 2014, for a first-day-of-school ceremony to be held April 7. The school, which had been relocated to a temporary campus in the aftermath of the March 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, is set to reopen at its original location as the government lifted an evacuation order for the area on April 1.

Temporary store to open in Fukushima at end of evacuation

Temporary store to open in Fukushima at end of evacuation

TAMURA, Japan - A worker shows on March 31, 2014, empty shelves to be filled with products at a temporary store scheduled to open in the Miyakoji district of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. A government evacuation order for the area, issued due to radioactive contamination in the aftermath of the March 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, was lifted on April 1.

Cat mascots produced in former "o-go" zone in Fukushima popular

Cat mascots produced in former "o-go" zone in Fukushima popular

Cat mascots made by handicraft class students in the Miyakoji district, a former "no-go zone" of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are on display on May 1, 2015. Named "miyaako-chan" after the imagined way the district's name might be said by a Japanese cat, they are designed to cheer up residents in the area affected by the 2011 accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Cat mascots popular in former "no-go" zone in Fukushima

Cat mascots popular in former "no-go" zone in Fukushima

Various cat mascots made by handicraft class students taught by Hisayo Imaizumi (L) are shown on May 1, 2015, in the Miyakoji district, a former "no-go zone" of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture. Named "miyaako-chan" after the imagined way the district's name might be said by a Japanese cat, they are designed to animate residents in the northeastern Japan region hit by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo