Farmers sue TV station over dioxin report

Farmers sue TV station over dioxin report

URAWA, Japan - Farmers from Tokorozawa, north of Tokyo, accompanied by their attorneys, walk into the Urawa District Court on Sept. 1 to file a lawsuit against TV Asahi and a private research institute, seeking some 197 million yen in damages over a report on purported dioxin contamination in their produce.

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