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hello, welcome to nhk "newsline." i'm ross mihara in tokyo with the stories at this hour. japan's prime minister says he will work to dispel rumors about contaminated seafood caught in water off the country's northeastern coast. shinzo abe made the pledge visiting a fishing port in fukushima prefecture. abe was in soma city where a fishery official explained the experimental fishing that resumed on september 25th. fishing was suspended in waters off the damaged nuclear plant after radioactive wastewater leaks were discovered. abe sampled some of the fresh catch.