Chicken farm operator in bird flu scandal shuts down

Chicken farm operator in bird flu scandal shuts down

KOBE, Japan - Hideaki Asada, president of Asa Nosan Co., an operator of a chicken farm in Tamba, Kyoto Prefecture, hit by a bird flu outbreak in February, speaks to reporters in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 30. Asada Nosan has dismissed some 200 employees and shut down its business.

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