Japan lifts evacuation order for town hit by Fukushima disaster

“I’m overwhelmed with emotion as we finally bring part of our town operations back to our home town,” said Futaba’s mayor, Shiro Izawa.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest A guard opens the gate to the town in Futaba.
Yuji Onuma, a Futaba resident, said recent work to repair streets and decontaminate the town centre was designed to give the world a false impression before the Olympic torch relay.
Pointing at workers repaving a road expected to be on the relay route, he added: “Their number one aim is to show people how much we’ve recovered.
The truth is that full recovery from a nuclear disaster like this is just not possible.”Agencies contributed to this report