Evacuation order lifted for Japanese town near Fukushima nuclear plant

Japan’s government lifted a four-and-a-half year evacuation order for the north eastern town of Naraha that had sent all of the town’s 7,400 residents away following the disaster at the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant.

Naraha became the first to get the order lifted among seven municipalities forced to empty entirely due to radiation contamination following the massive earthquake and tsunami that sent the plant’s reactors into triple meltdowns in March 2011.