TOKYO - The Japanese government said Wednesday it will lift evacuation orders for parts of two towns near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant next week, 12 years after their residents were ...

Evacuation instruction (避難指示・ひなんしじ・ hinanshiji) While formal evacuation orders aren't issued in Japan, an evacuation instruction is the strongest form of advisory.

Japan on Thursday lifted its last remaining tsunami advisories issued after the previous day's magnitude 8.8 earthquake off ...