The village of Iitate near a crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture plans to evacuate pregnant women, toddlers and babies amid a growing doubt among villagers about the government’s radiation safety instructions, village officials said Wednesday.
The mayor of the nearby city of Minamisoma, however, urged the Fukushima prefectural government to help lift an indoor evacuation order being imposed on part of the city.
In Iitate, about 40 kilometers southwest of the Fukushima (…)