Fukushima's first beach reopens

Japan’s Fukushima state has opened its first beach to swimmers since last year’s nuclear disaster after judging the water to be safe.

Japan’s Fukushima state has opened its first beach to swimmers since last year’s nuclear disaster after judging the water to be safe.

About 1,000 people descended on Nakoso beach, about 40 miles south of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, where three reactors melted down after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.

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