TOKYO, Japan — 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.

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