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Small areas reopen near Fukushima plant, few return
By Associated Press
Apr 02, 2023 12:35 am

TOKYO: Evacuation orders were lifted in small sections of Tomioka, a town just southwest of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, on Saturday, in time for the area's popular cherry blossom season and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida joined a ceremony there to mark the reopening.

The area of about 4 square kilometers (1.5 square miles) where entry restrictions were lifted as part of Tomioka, most of which had already been reopened.

MY CHERRY AMOUR Visitors take photos of cherry blossoms in Tomioka town, Fukushima prefecture, eastern Japan on Saturday, April 1, 2023. KYODO NEWS PHOTO VIA AP

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