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Japan Evacuees Brave Radiation Fears to Briefly Return Home
Some residents in the town of Namie were forced to flee their homes a month ago, when radiation began spewing from a damaged Japanese nuclear power plant, are making furtive trips back into the so-called hot zone.
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A Soma Fire Department vehicle inspecting tsunami-damaged areas, Namie, Fukushima Pref., Japan 12 March, 2011 (VOA - S. L. Herman)
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An abandoned gasoline station in the hot zone which was hit by the tsunami, Namie, Fukushima Pref., Japan, March 12 2011 (VOA - S. L. Herman)
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The Yamagata family in front of their quake-damaged pharmacy in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan March 12 2011 (VOA - S. L. Herman)
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A home buried by the tsunami a month ago, Namie, Fukushima Pref., Japan, March 12 2011 (VOA - S. L. Herman)