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Japan opens part of last town off-limits since nuclear leaks

by Associated Press
| March 4, 2020 7:30 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government on Wednesday opened part of the last town that had been off-limits due to radiation since the Fukushima nuclear disaster nine years ago, in a symbolic move showing the region's recovery ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

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