Afghan message encourages kids from nuclear crisis-hit town

Afghan message encourages kids from nuclear crisis-hit town

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Musician Missa Johnouchi (C) and children forced to evacuate from the Fukushima prefectural town of Okuma, where some units of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are located, hold a message of encouragement and a gift pencil from Afghan children, in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2011.

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