TEPCO apologizes to Fukushima residents

TEPCO apologizes to Fukushima residents

KAWAMATA, Japan - Residents attend an information session hosted by Tokyo Electric Power Co., which operates the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 30, 2011, in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, which is partially under the central government's evacuation directive as a result of radiation leakage at the crippled plant. (Kyodo)

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