Salmon likely released in 2011 return to Fukushima

Salmon likely released in 2011 return to Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Salmon, likely released in 2011 after northeastern Japan was devastated by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, swim up the Kido River in the town of Naraha near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Nov. 6, 2014.

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