(1)Hokkaido farmers angry over mad cow disease

(1)Hokkaido farmers angry over mad cow disease

SARUFUTSU, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 21, 2001 shows a dairy farm in the village of Sarufutsu in northern Hokkaido, where a 67-month-old female Holstein cow confirmed infected with the mad cow disease was born and raised. A village farmer said, ''The government took no measures while the mad cow disease cases were reported abroad. I want to know who is responsible for such cases in Japan.''

(3)Hokkaido farmers angry over mad cow disease

(3)Hokkaido farmers angry over mad cow disease

SARUFUTSU, Japan - Officials at the Sarufutsu Village office answer a rush of telephone calls Nov. 21. 2001 following a government announcement that a Holstein cow raised at a farm in the village has been officially confirmed infected with the mad cow disease.

(3)Hokkaido farmers angry over mad cow disease

(3)Hokkaido farmers angry over mad cow disease

SARUFUTSU, Japan - Officials at the Sarufutsu Village office answer a rush of telephone calls Nov. 21. 2001 following a government announcement that a Holstein cow raised at a farm in the village has been officially confirmed infected with the mad cow disease.

Prewar Japan-Sakhalin cables valuable for historians, nuisance for fishermen

Prewar Japan-Sakhalin cables valuable for historians, nuisance for fishermen

Photo taken in July 2015 shows a monument in Sarufutsu, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, marking the former landing point of prewar undersea telecommunications cables that used to connect the village and Karafuto, currently Russia's Sakhalin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

(1)Hokkaido farmers angry over mad cow disease

(1)Hokkaido farmers angry over mad cow disease

SARUFUTSU, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 21, 2001 shows a dairy farm in the village of Sarufutsu in northern Hokkaido, where a 67-month-old female Holstein cow confirmed infected with the mad cow disease was born and raised. A village farmer said, ''The government took no measures while the mad cow disease cases were reported abroad. I want to know who is responsible for such cases in Japan.''