Cancer cases in Fukushima

Nine more young people have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer since Japan's worst nuclear accident two years ago, the Kyodo News agency reported Wednesday.

That has brought the total number of cancer cases to 12 residents, who were 18 or younger at the time of the meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, it reported, citing unnamed sources.

Fifteen others were also suspected of suffering from some form of cancer, up from seven in a February report, Kyodo said.