Tons of debris waiting to be processed
Japan's Environment Ministry has briefed local governments across the country in a bid to persuade them to take debris left behind by the March 11th disaster.

Officials from 23 local authorities travelled to the tsunami-devastated town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture for Thursday's briefing.

Tokyo was the first local government outside the disaster zone to accept some of the estimated 22.5 million tons of debris left behind. Only 6.7 percent of the total has been disposed of so far, partly due to concerns about radiation.
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