The evacuation order for all residents of Miyake Island was lifted Thursday evening after authorities indicated that volcanic activity on the island is subsiding.
The danger of an eruption that affects the ground or sea surface has "almost disappeared," authorities said, prompting Mayor Tadayuki Hirose of the village of Miyake to initially lift an evacuation order for some 1,100 residents of the eastern part of the island — 66 hours after the order was first issued.
In the evening, Hirose also lifted the evacuation order for some 700 residents of the western parts of the island.