Blighted communities may never return home
An inspector collects a soil sample for further contamination testing at farmland near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, 240 kilometers north of Tokyo, on Tuesday. Xinhua / Kyodo |
TOKYO - Tens of thousands of Japanese farmers and fishermen from areas closest to a stricken nuclear power plant are starting to face a dire possibility: They may never go home.
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