Rescue dog becomes PR ambassador of disaster-hit Fukushima village

Rescue dog becomes PR ambassador of disaster-hit Fukushima village

Search and rescue dog Jagaimo (potato) demonstrates his ability in a mock rescue operation in the 2011 nuclear disaster-affected village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2017. Jagaimo has been appointed as an ambassador to promote the village for which an evacuation order was mostly lifted in March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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