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Tokyo 2020: Radiation hot spots discovered at Olympics torch relay start www.independent.co.uk

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Radiation hot spots have been found at the J-Village sports facility in Fukushima where the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay will begin, Greenpeace Japan said on Wednesday.
Greenpeace's survey found radioactivity readings taken at J-Village on Oct. 26 as high as 71 microsieverts per hour at surface level.
The Olympic flame is due to arrive from Greece in Japan on March 20, with the torch relay officially starting from J-Village on March 26.
"The ministry cooperated with related groups to decrease radiation levels in that area," said the official.
"On Dec. 3, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) took measures to decrease radiation levels in said area."

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