Miyagi residents protest against radioactive waste facility

Miyagi residents protest against radioactive waste facility

KAMI, Japan - Residents of Kami town in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, stage on Oct. 24, 2014, a sit-in protest against the Environment Ministry's survey to narrow down the candidate sites for a radioactive waste disposal facility for waste resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

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