Gov't to cover all costs for foot-and-mouth disease

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (standing) speaks at a meeting on foot-and-month disease at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 18, 2010, with farm minister Masahiko Yamada (L) present. The government decided to shoulder the costs of all measures to tackle foot-and-mouth disease among livestock in Miyazaki Prefecture.

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