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Fukushima gov. meets PM Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (L) hands written requests for compensation for radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 1, 2011.

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Japan, China, S. Korea leaders promote Fukushima produce

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - (From L to R) Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao eat locally grown grape tomatoes in the city of Fukushima on May 21, 2011, promoting the safety of farm produce from the area amid consumer fears of radioactive contamination from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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PM Kan, Fukushima Gov. Sato at premier's office

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato talk at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 14, 2011. Kan told Sato that the government will responsibly provide compensation over the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant by enacting special legislation.

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Japan PM Kan in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (back, facing) receives Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (front) at the Fukushima prefectural hall in Fukushima City on April 21, 2011. Kan told Sato of the government's setting of a no-entry zone within the 20-kilometer radius of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, prohibiting evacuees from temporarily returning home without government permission.

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Intake restriction on vegetables

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on March 23, 2011, shows spinach and other leaf vegetables at a grocery store in Tokyo with clear indications of Kanagawa as area of production. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan instructed Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato the same day to ask consumers nationwide not to eat certain kinds of vegetable harvested in his prefecture for now after radioactive materials far exceeding legal limits were found in 11 types of vegetable grown in Fukushima, where a troubled nuclear plant is located.

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DPJ rift

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan smiles as he enters his office in Tokyo on March 3, 2011. Yuko Sato, a House of Representatives member from the Democratic Party of Japan, has decided to bolt the ruling party to join a regional political group, a source at the group said the same day, in a fresh blow to Kan as he battles a deep rift within his party.

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DPJ rift

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yuko Sato, a House of Representatives member from the Democratic Party of Japan. Sato has decided to bolt the ruling party to join a regional political group, a source at the group said on March 3, 2011, in a fresh blow to Prime Minister Naoto Kan as he battles a deep rift within his party.

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2 Japanese students win bronze medals in chemistry Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Naoto Sato (L) and Koichi Ueno, who are 17-year-old seniors at Soka High School in Tokyo, hold up their bronze medals awarded at the 35th International Chemistry Olympiad in Athens on July 13. A total of 232 participants from 59 countries took part in the competition and 70 of them were awarded bronze medals.

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DPJ rift

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan smiles as he enters his office in Tokyo on March 3, 2011. Yuko Sato, a House of Representatives member from the Democratic Party of Japan, has decided to bolt the ruling party to join a regional political group, a source at the group said the same day, in a fresh blow to Kan as he battles a deep rift within his party. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima gov. meets PM Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (L) hands written requests for compensation for radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 1, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China, S. Korea leaders promote Fukushima produce

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - (From L to R) Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao eat locally grown grape tomatoes in the city of Fukushima on May 21, 2011, promoting the safety of farm produce from the area amid consumer fears of radioactive contamination from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China, S. Korea leaders promote Fukushima produce

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao eat locally grown grape tomatoes in the city of Fukushima on May 21, 2011, promoting the safety of farm produce from the area amid consumer fears of radioactive contamination from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Japan, China, S. Korea leaders promote Fukushima produce

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao eat locally grown vegetables in the city of Fukushima on May 21, 2011, promoting the safety of farm produce from the area amid consumer fears of radioactive contamination from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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PM Kan, Fukushima Gov. Sato at premier's office

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato talk at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 14, 2011. Kan told Sato that the government will responsibly provide compensation over the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant by enacting special legislation. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM Kan in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (back, facing) receives Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (front) at the Fukushima prefectural hall in Fukushima City on April 21, 2011. Kan told Sato of the government's setting of a no-entry zone within the 20-kilometer radius of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, prohibiting evacuees from temporarily returning home without government permission. (Kyodo)

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Intake restriction on vegetables

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on March 23, 2011, shows spinach and other leaf vegetables at a grocery store in Tokyo with clear indications of Kanagawa as area of production. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan instructed Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato the same day to ask consumers nationwide not to eat certain kinds of vegetable harvested in his prefecture for now after radioactive materials far exceeding legal limits were found in 11 types of vegetable grown in Fukushima, where a troubled nuclear plant is located. (Kyodo)

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DPJ rift

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yuko Sato, a House of Representatives member from the Democratic Party of Japan. Sato has decided to bolt the ruling party to join a regional political group, a source at the group said on March 3, 2011, in a fresh blow to Prime Minister Naoto Kan as he battles a deep rift within his party. (Kyodo)

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2 Japanese students win bronze medals in chemistry Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Naoto Sato (L) and Koichi Ueno, who are 17-year-old seniors at Soka High School in Tokyo, hold up their bronze medals awarded at the 35th International Chemistry Olympiad in Athens on July 13. A total of 232 participants from 59 countries took part in the competition and 70 of them were awarded bronze medals. (Kyodo)