Containers of waste return to Japan from Philippines

Containers of waste return to Japan from Philippines

TOKYO, Japan - Containers of hazardous garbage shipped from Manila are unloaded from a vessel in Tokyo port on Jan. 11. The hospital and household waste was allegedly illegally exported to the Philippines in July by a Japanese industrial waste disposal company. A total of 122 such containers arrived in Tokyo on Jan. 10.

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