Japan sets no-entry zone around Fukushima plant

Japan sets no-entry zone around Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - An ''off-limits'' warning shows on an electric signboard in photo taken at 12:03 a.m. on April 22, 2011, at a checkpoint in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, about 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. The Japanese government imposed a no-entry zone within a 20-kilometer radius of the plant at midnight April 21 amid continued fears of radiation leaks. (Kyodo)

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