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.

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