date:Nov 28, 2012
ration areas.
Though many farmers welcomed the decisions, some voiced concern about whether the rice could be sold.
This month, the Hirono town government began decontaminating about 400 hectares of farmland by using techniques such as a process called sparging in conjunction with the mineral zeolite, which can absorb radioactive substances.
The town government aims to complete the work by the end of this fiscal year.
Yoshiyuki Haga, 65, evacuated to Chiba Prefecture after the start of the n