TEPCO apologizes to Fukushima residents

TEPCO apologizes to Fukushima residents

KAWAMATA, Japan - Nao Watanabe (L front) waits for her turn to question officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co. during an information session for local residents on April 30, 2011, in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture. The 15-year-old high school student expressed concern about whether she will be able to bear a child in the future. The town partially falls under the central government's evacuation directive as a result of radiation leakage at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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