Top court says TV report on dioxin not backed by proof

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuharu Nakai, a TV Asahi official, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 16 after the Supreme Court overturned lower court decisions acknowledging the veracity of a TV Asahi report on dioxin contamination in vegetables grown in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, and rejecting damages suits against the Tokyo broadcasting company by farmers claiming to have suffered losses due to a plunge in vegetable sales following the report.

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