Japanese authorities on Friday staged an inspection of a US military base in Tokyo, a government spokesman said, after being informed by the American side of a chemical leak.
Japan's probe at the Yokota Air Base followed a US notice two months ago that water containing PFOS -- classified by the World Health Organisation as"possibly carcinogenic to humans" -- had spilled from the site.
The US military informed Tokyo in October that the PFOS-laced water had leaked from an area of the base where a fire-fighting drill was being carried out, Fumitoshi Sato, deputy chief cabinet secretary, told reporters. Officials including from the defence ministry and Tokyo's metropolitan government visited the site on Friday, he said. Yokota Air Base was not immediately available for comment.
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