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U.S. service members load relief goods into a helicopter on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in March 2011 off quake-stricken Miyagi Prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
SAN DIEGO -- Eight U.S. sailors are suing the Tokyo utility that operates the Fukushima nuclear power plant, charging that the company lied about the high level of radiation in the area where they were carrying out a humanitarian mission after the tsunami that triggered the reactor crisis.