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News,5 mins

Produce of Fukushima

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Persuading Japanese consumers that food from Fukushima is safe after the nuclear disaster is a challenge. It was the rice-bowl for the nation until the tsunami of 2011 when nuclear reactors went into meltdown causing widespread radiation. But over the last six years, the government and producers have tried hard both to clean the land and to convince the wary that what is grown here is safe. Roger Hearing has been finding out more. (Image: Greenhouses on hill in Fukushima, Credit: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½)

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