All Fukushima municipal primary schools to hold outdoor sports festivals; though some cancel games where children might touch the ground

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All Fukushima municipal primary schools to hold outdoor sports festivals

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- All 51 municipal elementary schools in the city of Fukushima will hold their sports festivals outside this year, starting from Saturday, after two-thirds held them indoors or canceled them last year in the wake of the nuclear crisis triggered by the March earthquake and tsunami, the city's education board said Thursday.
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Some of the schools will take measures to avoid possible radiation contamination to the students by shortening the time schedule for the meet or canceling games that could force children to touch the ground, such as tug of war, the education board said.