the straw was from miyagi prefecture which borders fukushima. one of the farms has shipped 24 head of cattle. yamagata shipped into july. 648 head of cattle have been shipped after being fed contaminated straw. the amount of meat found distributed to markets across the country is expected to rise. >>> the japan government and tokyo electric power company will announce on tuesday a revised plan to bring the reactors at the fukushima daiichi plant under control. the utility began operating a system to decontaminate radioactive water at the end of last month. but the system is working below the target capacity due to leaks and other problems. the decontamination rate dropped to 37 tons of water per hour at one point. more than 20% below the target capacity. it increased to 239 tons per hour after tepco workers released air from the pipes on friday. they also replaced the hose connecting the tanks to ease water circulation. however, the rate dropped again on monday morning. the company says the reason for the decrease is unknown. the government and

they traveled to miyagi prefecture, that suffered massive damage from the tsunami.ven nesson is a journalist with a public radio station in new york. he first got to know japan last year, when he visited okinawa to report on the u.s. military bases there. >> how are the people that live here affected, and what is day-to-day life like for them? and now it's three months on. what's changed? what hasn't changed? yeah, that's stuff i'd like to know. >> reporter: the journalists met with some students at an elementary school in kesennuma. their local school was severely damaged by the tsunami, so they are now attending classes at another school nearby. before leaving for japan they called on american elementary school children to write messages of encouragement. they received around 7,000 letters from all across the united states and brought many of these messages with them. they handed out the letters to each of the children. >> translator: i'm happy to know that people in america have been thinking of us. >> translator: i'd like to send a reply thanking them and saying

beat the searing heat an agriculture cooperative in western japan sent 17 watermelons to a school in miyagi prefecture on thursday. the city was devastated by the march 11th earthquake and tsunami the town lost one of the schools to the tsunami. the students now share classes at the nearby school where only the first floor was flooded >> nice to see the children smiling there. that wraps up this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us

. >> the automaker plans to build the first engine plant in the region at taiwa town in miyagi prefecture and produced 100,000 engines a year for compact cars. the plant will begin operations as early as the end of next year. it will allow toyota to complete the whole process of car manufacturing in the region from producing key components to assembling vehicles. >>> department store sales in japan rose in june for the first time since the march 11th disaster. the japan department stores association says sales at 255 stores across the country edged up 0.3% year on year last month to some $6 billion. the increase is attributed to brisk sales of summer clothing due in part to the government's so-called cool biz campaign to safe energy. japanese people are also asked to hold down air conditioning this summer because of electricity shortages stemming from the ongoing nuclear power plant accident. the association notes that some consumers apparently began loosening their purse strings to buy jewelry and other high priced goods. the industry group says, however, that it will closely monitor con

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