Award-winning Fukushima village head

Award-winning Fukushima village head

GENEVA, Switzerland - Photo taken Sept. 2, 2013 in Geneva shows Masahide Matsumoto, mayor of Katsurao village in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, the winner of the 2013 Green Star Award, a U.N.-sponsored disaster response award.

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  • 2013/9/06 00:00:00
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  • 2013 Kyodo News
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