Japan radiation evacuees to make temporary visits home in May, June
May 1 (Asahi Shimbun) — The central government will allow evacuees from no-entry zones–areas within a 20-kilometer radius of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant–to return home temporarily from early May to early June, local government officials said April 29. The government will also divide nine municipalities, totally or partially located in the no-entry zones, into three groups to enable the temporary visits to be conducted in an orderly manner. Government officials, including Cabinet Office counselors, showed the plan to the nine municipalities on April 29 in an unofficial meeting held in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture. … The government had already decided that only one person from each household will be allowed to return home and stay for a maximum two hours. In the April 29 meeting, however, officials of the local governments asked the central government to ease the limits. They also requested the government allow residents to bring out their passenger cars and pets. The government promised to consider the requests.
