Ex-Fukushima plant chief Yoshida suffered bleeding to brain

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, former chief of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The company said July 30, 2012, that Yoshida, who is recuperating from esophageal cancer, suffered bleeding to the brain and underwent emergency surgery last week.

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