Saturday 10 September 2011

Japan minister slammed for gaffe over nuke crisis (AP)

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2011 file photo, Japan's new Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoshio Hachiro speaks during a press conference at prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan. Hachiro has come under fire after calling the area around the tsunami-hit nuclear power plant 'a town of death.' Hachiro apologized later Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, over the remark criticized as being insensitive to residents who had to evacuate homes because of radiation leak from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)AP - Japan's new trade minister apologized Friday for calling the now-desolate area around the tsunami-hit nuclear power plant "a town of death," a remark seen as insensitive to residents who had to evacuate because of radiation leaks.



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