Topic - Naraha

is a town in Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is inside the 20 km exclusion zone of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant; and as of early 2012 remains evacuated. - Source: Wikipedia

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Mayor Yukiei Matsumoto, right, claps with children of Naraha residents during an event in Naraha, Fukushima, northern Japan, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015. The Japanese town of Naraha on Saturday lifted a 2011 evacuation order that sent all its 7,400 residents away after the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant was crippled by a tsunami and spread contamination. Naraha was the first among seven municipalities forced to empty entirely due to radiation contamination following the massive earthquake and tsunami that sent the reactors into meltdown. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan lifts evacuation order for town near doomed nuclear plant

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press