High levels of radiation detected in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - An expert measures radiation in a residential area of Tsurumaki in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, on Oct. 13, 2011. Airborne radiation of up to 3.35 microsieverts per hour, exceeding readings in some evacuation zones around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, was detected at a height of 1 meter in the area in the measurement commissioned by the ward office.

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