Japanese health officials began culling of 150,000 chickens in the central region of Aichi, in order to curb the spread of bird flu outbreak.
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The flu has also hit Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures on southwestern Kyushu island, which are major poultry farming areas.
In Miyazaki, a foot-and-mouth outbreak last year forced the slaughter of almost 300,000 farm animals.
Source-AFP