Minister visits decontaminated rice paddy

Minister visits decontaminated rice paddy

IITATE, Japan - Farm minister Michihiko Kano (L) visits a rice paddy with rice planted after undergoing an experimental operation to reduce radioactive substances in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 7, 2011. Extensive areas of the prefecture and elsewhere were contaminated due to an accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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