State minister drinks purified Fukushima water to show safety

State minister drinks purified Fukushima water to show safety

Yosuke Takagi, state minister of economy, trade and industry, drinks a glass of water treated at a purification plant in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, during his visit to the facility on April 3, 2015, in an attempt to show the water is safe and to dispel concerns about radioactive contamination from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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