JAPAN today lifted an evacuation order for parts of Futaba, one of two towns where the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is located, ahead of an Olympic torch relay in the region.
The whole of Futaba, formerly home to some 7,000 people, was designated a mandatory evacuation zone after a massive earthquake-triggered tsunami in 2011 hit the Fukushima Daiichi plant, damaging its power supply and cooling system, and eventually causing a meltdown.