moved is also located in fukushima prefecture. it is by no means safe no matter what the government says exposing people to the current level of radiation in fukushima is a violation of human rights. it's terrible what he must. mean you know what you know is that evacuation advisories are started to lift it for some citizen if the kashima area that you are saying that the government is allowing this despite the danger of ready ation. which. the fukushima prefecture has launched to come home campaigns interest in many cases evacuees are forced to return here's a map of. where the areas hit by radiation highlighted in yellow and you can see that the color covers almost the entire map to get any contamination decreased a little oil contamination remains high and there are still about two million people living in the perfect are going to key who have all sorts of medical issues the authorities claim is has nothing to do with the radiation fallout from fukushima but i demanded that the authorities substantiate their claim in writing the

. >> reporter: eastern fukushima prefecture. part of the village is designated unlivable but in other parts evacuation orders are ready to be lifted. some people have concerns over whether their communities are free of radiation. on sunday the central government held a meeting for nearly 300 former residents. about 80 attended. officials explained radiation readings are lower than the government standard. they also said the area is safe and infrastructure has been improved. >> translator: we think it's not appropriate to keep the evacuation order while some residents are hoping to return home. >> reporter: the officials said they plan to carry out decontamination. they said the restoration of main roads is nearly complete. and they propose the evacuation order be lifted october 1. the village mayor accepted the proposal saying that lifting the evacuation order is necessary to reconstruction. >> translator: i want the evacuation order to be swiftly lifted so that people can interact once again. >> reporter: some residents long to

with the japanese agricultural association convinced singapore authorities that rice from fukushima prefecture is safe. staff at a japanese-run supermarket put bags of one brand on their shelves. they also put up a notice explaining how the rice was checked for radioactivity. still, some customers said they're concerned. the store managers said they don't need to worry. >> our mission in singapore, sell delicious japanese food to the singapore market. >> officials with the japanese agricultural association are talking with authorities in other countries. they hope to see fukushima rice on a lot more tables around the world. >>> some people who used to live near fukushima daiichi are planning to organize tours of their hometown. they want to keep memories of the nuclear accident three years ago alive. authorities designated seven municipalities around the plant as part of a no-entry evacuation zone. people need permission to enter the area, but some from the town of okuma have gotten approval to show visitors what's become the place where they used to live. they say participants would wear prot

the officials say they explained the plan to members of the fukushima prefecture fisheries associationhey will try to get approval from the local fisheries cooperative. they say they won't go ahead without the fishermen's consent. >>> hurricane iselle is bearing down on hawaii, prompting warnings because of strong winds and heavy rainfall. our meteorologist, jonathan oh is here. jonathan? >> yes, gene, waiting hours as this system continues to approach the islands there. here is a look at eye sell, even though it doesn't have a clearly defined eye, it is still a hurricane. it is still going to bring a lot of powerful winds with it. and behind is julio. let's first talk about iselle. the expectation of the actual landing time is going to be around thursday afternoon local time on the big islands, but that's actually prompting hurricane warnings. the rest of the islands are under tropical storm warnings and watches because to the core of the widespread area of winds is actually very, very narrow. nevertheless, still very heavy rainfall, expecting strong winds, very rough surf as this sys

. >>> peach and pear growers in the japanese prefecture of fukushima are celebrating a breakthrough. they suffered restrictions on their exports after the nuclear accident in 2011. now they are shipping into indonesia for the first time ever. japanese farm officials offered samples at a high-end supermarket. customers had a taste. one bought peaches that cost more than $13 each. >> translator: it's delicious. very fresh and sweet. i've eaten fruit from fukushima abroad, and i'm not worried about its safety. >> fruit farmers in fukushima have been hit hard by import restrictions in hong kong and taiwan. for sales in indonesia because the economy there is growing. >>> by now, many have seen images like these online or on tv, videos of people dumping ice water on their heads. just about everyone seems to be taking the ice bucket challenge, from movie stars to former presidents. it's a campaign to raise awareness about als, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and to call for support for those suffering from the disease. people who are challenged are encouraged to douse themselves in ice wa

scary about fukushima monkeys is that they live in the forests in and around fukushima city which is the capital of the prefectureand like you said it's about fifty miles away from fukushima daiichi to the northwest so is the city evacuated you know it's a city of a million or more people so you've got a million people living in the same place the monkeys are the monkeys are shut tested positive or cesium is there anybody test of the people very little in the way of human studies are going on and so you know there is a difference between the diet of the monkeys they're eating insects for example they're eating mushrooms out of the forests but people are eating contaminated food as well so some some recent news is that during the clearing of the rubble at unit three at fukushima daiichi which was the largest explosion back in march of two thousand and eleven this rubble clearing took place in august of two thousand and thirteen huge releases of radioactivity in the form of dust that down blew downwind again about fifty miles away contaminating rice crops and people were eating it and only you know recently a year