大熊町の復興拠点、３０日に解除　避難指示、原発立地自治体で初―福島

　福島県大熊町や政府などは１６日、東京電力福島第１原発事故による帰還困難区域のうち、町内の「特定復興再生拠点区域」（復興拠点）について、３０日に避難指示を解除することで合意したと発表した。解除されれば、同原発の立地自治体の帰還困難区域で住民の居住につながる初のケースとなる。
　町と政府の原子力災害現地対策本部、県が合同で記者会見し、明らかにした。吉田淳町長は「復興拠点内を整備し魅力的にすることが帰還意向にもつながる。解除で町の復興がさらに進むと期待したい」と述べた。（2022/06/16-16:09）

Japanese national and local government officials said Thursday that an evacuation order will be lifted for parts of Okuma, a town in Fukushima Prefecture, on June 30 that has been in place since the March 2011 nuclear accident.
   Okuma co-hosts Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the site of the triple reactor meltdown following a massive earthquake and tsunami.
   Some 860 hectares of Okuma, currently designated as a specified reconstruction zone, will see the evacuation order lifted. It will be the first time for residents to be allowed to return at difficult-to-return zones in the municipalities hosting the nuclear plant.
   This includes areas around JR Ono Station. The evacuation order was lifted for the station itself and nearby roads in March 2020 in line with the complete resumption of the Joban rail line.
   Okuma Mayor Jun Yoshida told a press conference, "We hope that the removal (of the evacuation order) will lead to further progress in the town's reconstruction process."