City in Shizuoka begins trial burning of debris from Iwate

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (L) examines debris with a dosimeter in Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Feb. 16, 2012. Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu (C) and Shimada Mayor Katsuro Sakurai are beside him. Shimada began the same day a trial incineration of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that it has accepted from a town in Iwate Prefecture to confirm the safety of the operation. (Kyodo)

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