Japan Opens Three Evacuated Towns After Tepco’s Disaster
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Japan will partially open three towns in the evacuation zone in Fukushima prefecture next month for the first time since a record earthquake last March caused the worst nuclear disaster in 25 years.
Residents of the towns Kawauchi, Tamura and Minami Soma will be allowed to go home temporarily, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on its website yesterday. They will be able to drive cars on major roads in those areas, where the government has measured radiation exposure levels to be less than 20 millisieverts a year, the ministry said.