TEPCO apologizes to Fukushima residents

TEPCO apologizes to Fukushima residents

IITATE, Japan - Norio Tsuzumi (2nd from R), the executive vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other executives, bow in apology to residents of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, who were forced to evacuate from their homes due to radiation leakage at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operated by the utility, on April 30, 2011, in Iitate. (Kyodo)

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