DPJ lawmakers inspect seaweed farms in Ariake Sea

DPJ lawmakers inspect seaweed farms in Ariake Sea

SAGA, Japan - Natoto Kan (far L), secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), tastes seaweed from a fishing net in the Ariake Sea off Saga Prefecture on Jan. 27. A group of DPJ lawmakers, headed by Kan, inspected seaweed farms in the Ariake Sea following allegations that a state-run land reclamation project had damaged large amounts of the crop.

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