Japan has allowed more than 300 residents to return to a small area near the Fukushima nuclear power plant for the first time since a tsunami hit in 2011.
Japan Allows Some to Return to Homes near Fukushima
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A security guard holds a flag that reads "Please Stop!", as he stands by a steel gate that marks the border between Tamura and Okuma town in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, April 1, 2014.
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Kimiko Koyama, who evacuated from Miyakoji three years ago, looks up inside her house with portraits of her deceased parents in the background, Tamura, Fukushima prefecture, April 1, 2014.
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Toshio Koyama, who evacuated from Miyakoji three years ago, looks at a damaged silkworm factory near his house after he returned home with his wife Kimiko, Tamura, Fukushima prefecture, April 1, 2014.
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A man walks between fallow rice fields in Miyakoji in Tamura, Fukushima prefecture, April 1, 2014.