Tokyo inquiry fails to pin down blame for new market design debacle

Tokyo inquiry fails to pin down blame for new market design debacle

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike holds a press conference at the metropolitan government offices on Sept. 30, 2016. Koike said that a task force she set up in the metropolitan government has been unable to determine exactly who made the decision to build the new site for the capital's Tsukiji fish market without a sufficient soil embankment to protect it from toxic contaminants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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