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06-21-2007, 02:14 PM
mainichi Fears of a water shortage are spreading across the country as the Japanese archipelago has had little rain since last winter. Restrictions have been placed on using water on Shikoku Island, where water shortages are particularly serious, while some schools in Kagawa Prefecture on the island have switched from rice to bread in school lunches to save water. The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry has already set up a water shortage countermeasures task force. Read more... (http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20070620p2a00m0na016 000c.html)