大熊町も一部避難解除　常磐線駅周辺の困難区域―福島

　東京電力福島第１原発事故で、福島県大熊町の帰還困難区域に出されていた避難指示の一部が、５日午前０時に解除された。同原発が立地する大熊町で帰還困難区域の避難指示が解除されるのは初めて。４日午前０時には、同県双葉町で同区域の一部が初めて解除された。
　大熊町の解除対象は、ＪＲ常磐線の大野駅周辺や、再開を目指す県立大野病院の計４．２ヘクタールと周辺道路など。１４日に控える常磐線の全線再開に伴う措置で、住民の帰還は伴わない。困難区域内で除染が一巡した約２９２ヘクタールについては立ち入り規制が緩和された。（2020/03/05-00:28）

The town of Okuma, a host of the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, had an evacuation order for its "difficult-to-return" zones partially lifted at midnight on Wednesday (3 p.m. GMT).
   The move followed the partial lifting of the evacuation order 24 hours before for such zones in the town of Futaba, another host of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the site of the March 2011 triple reactor meltdown.
   In Okuma, the evacuation order was lifted for areas totaling 4.2 hectares in locations around Ono Station on East Japan Railway Co.'s Joban Line and around a prefectural hospital.
   The lifting of the order came in line with the full reopening of the Joban Line on March 14, and does not involve the return of residents.
   Entry restrictions were eased for a difficult-to-return zone totaling 292 hectares where decontamination has run its course.