Protest against accepting debris

Protest against accepting debris

TOKYO, Japan - A representative (R front) of a group hands a written request to an official of a garbage incineration plant in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on March 2, 2012. The group is opposed to Tokyo's acceptance of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami due to radiation fears. The Tokyo metropolitan government the same day started accepting debris from Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, a town severely hit by the disaster.

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