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Some of the soil removed during decontamination is now safe to reuse, but people have been uneasy about the plans to use it in public works projects around Japan.

Japan said on Tuesday it plans to use some of the soil removed from near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on flower beds outside Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's office and in the grounds of ...

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