Keidanren chief inspects rice radioactivity test facility in Fukushima

Keidanren chief inspects rice radioactivity test facility in Fukushima

Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara inspects a facility for detecting and measuring radioactivity in unpolished rice in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 9, 2015. He emphasized the need to let consumers know that such steady efforts continue in order to counter unfounded rumors of possible radioactive contamination. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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