A medical clinic in Futaba Town, Fukushima Prefecture While progress has been made in the difficult-to-return zone, more than 90% of the locations within it have evacuation orders still in place.

Billions of yen in government subsidies have attracted businesses and fueled a surge in industrial park development across areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

where the Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is located, had to evacuate about 7,000 residents due to the accident. Since the evacuation order was lifted in 2020 ...

(Mainichi/Shuji Ozaki) MINAMISOMA, Fukushima -- The ... within difficult-to-return zones but outside of the revitalization base areas. The government aims to lift evacuation orders in these ...

The evacuation order was lifted for some parts of the town three years ago, but only 1,500 of almost 17,000 registered residents returned, most of them elderly.