Japan radiation fears grip town on edge of destruction

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Minamisoma straddles the 20km perimeter from Fukushima plant, and residents are divided on whether to stay or go Police officers man a checkpoint in Minamisoma, Japan. Photograph: AP The debris strewn along the coastal neighbourhoods of Minamisoma should be proof enough of the devastation wrought by the tsunami that hit Japan’s north-east coast on 11 March. But for the past month this sprawling town in Fukushima prefecture has been confronted by a second, more insidious threat: radiation….

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Japan radiation fears grip town on edge of destruction

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