FUKUSHIMA -- The local government in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, held an opening ceremony at its new municipal office Saturday, 11-1/2 years after all residents were evacuated from the town in the wake of an earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown at a power plant in the prefecture.
Futaba's previous municipal office was severely damaged in the earthquake, which triggered a tsunami that devastated areas across northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant straddles municipalities including Futaba, the last town for which an evacuation order is still in place for the whole community.
Local officials have conducted municipal government functions in several locations since the disaster.
The town's about 7,000 residents were evacuated to locations around the country following the disaster.
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