Kan vows utmost efforts to contain spread of livestock disease

Kan vows utmost efforts to contain spread of livestock disease

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru addresses a meeting with Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the prefectural government office in the city of Miyazaki on June 12, 2010. The governor said he wants the state government to shoulder all the expenses to deal with foot-and-mouth disease in the prefecture and to extend full support for the reconstruction of livestock and other relevant industries.

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