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Niigata official meets press over iodine tablets scandal

NIIGATA, Japan - Yasumasa Mizusawa, a senior official in charge of pharmaceutical affairs of the Niigata prefectural government, meets reporters about a scandal over stable iodine tablets at the prefectural government office building in Niigata City on April 22, 2014. The prefecture failed to prepare the tablets for residents near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station by the end of March 2013 as planned in preparation for emergencies but received the state subsidy.

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(1)Damage from strong quake in northeast Japan

ISHIDORIYA, Japan - Workers check a viaduct pier on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet-train line in Ishidoriya, Iwate Prefecture on May 27 that was damaged by a powerful quake that hit northeastern Japan May 26. East Japan Railway Co. said cracks were found in 23 viaduct piers on the line between Mizusawa-Esashi and Morioka.

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(1)Damage from strong quake in northeast Japan

ISHIDORIYA, Japan - Workers check a viaduct pier on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet-train line in Ishidoriya, Iwate Prefecture on May 27 that was damaged by a powerful quake that hit northeastern Japan May 26. East Japan Railway Co. said cracks were found in 23 viaduct piers on the line between Mizusawa-Esashi and Morioka. (Kyodo)