On pristine sports fields in northeastern Japan, the Argentine rugby team practised scrums and line-outs in preparation for their opening World Cup game against France.

About a year ago, the ground beneath their feet was covered with parking lots for the hundreds of workers who had to contain and then clean up the world's worst nuclear disaster...

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