U.S. ambassador Caroline Kennedy tours Fukushima nuclear plant

US envoy Kennedy tours Fukushima nuclear plant (via AFP)

US ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy toured the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant for the first time Wednesday, pledging continued US help with the clean-up. The 56-year-old envoy, who took up her post last November, was on a tour of Japan's…

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