Japan plant overshadows future of nearby towns
By Tan Ee Lyn and Elaine Lies | China Daily | Updated: 2011-03-25 07:42
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Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force carry a coffin of a victim of the earthquake and tsunami to be buried at a temporary mass grave in Higashi-Matsushima, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, on Thursday. Yuriko Nakao / Reuters |
TOKYO/HONG KONG - Millions of Tokyoites are worried about radiation in tap water or in the air, but the thousands of people living in the shadow of Japan's stricken nuclear plant have another fear: It may force them to abandon their homes for years, if not forever.
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