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The Guardian - UK
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Justin McCurry in Futaba

Last Fukushima town to reopen welcomes back its first residents

Yoichi Yatsuda plays with his dogs in Futaba, Japan
Yoichi Yatsuda plays with his dogs in Futaba, Japan. Photograph: Kota Endo/AP

Late last month, Yoichi Yatsuda slept in his own home for the first time in more than a decade.

As a resident of Futaba, a town in the shadow of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, there was a time when simply spending the night in his family home had seemed an impossible dream.

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