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Farmers urge TEPCO to compensate after nuke crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Moteki (R), chairman of the Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives, meets with Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu (L, front) in Tokyo on April 14, 2011, to protest the utility's handling of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. The major Japanese agricultural cooperative federation urged the company to compensate affected farmers, saying the radioactive substances from the reactor are threatening the whole agricultural business in northeastern and eastern Japan. (Kyodo)