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Belgian league club Beerschot formally apologized to Japan's Eija Kawashima on Tuesday after some of its fans taunted the international goalkeeper with jeers of ''Fukushima, Fukushima'' during a Belgian league game against Lierse last month.
The referee interupted the match until the taunts about Japan's nuclear power plant disaster in March stopped. When the goalie went to confront the fans when the taunting started he was pelted with coins and beer. The club was fined some €25,000 ($34,200) for the incident.
''Wrong and dreadful things'' happened, Beerschot chairman Patrick Vanoppen said. ''I deeply regret the things that happened over there.''
Kawashima said the apology would mean a lot for the Japanese people.
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