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Map showing the location of Iitate Village in relation to the nuclear fallout of March 2011. Based on the website of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Map showing the location of Iitate Village in relation to the nuclear fallout of March 2011. Based on the website of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

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