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CROOKED CLEANUP: Ministry questions decontamination contractors; workers express hopelessness

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

2013/01/09

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photoWorkers wipe away radioactive materials at a home in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 7. (Miki Aoki)photoWorkers collect leaves and branches in a forest in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 7. (Tamiyuki Kihara)

FUKUSHIMA -- Workers in Fukushima Prefecture appeared tense on Jan. 7 as they kicked off this year's decontamination mission under increased scrutiny and the threat of punishment for breaking the Environment Ministry's rules.

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