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The Belgian soccer club Beerschot apologized to Japan's Eija Kawashima on Tuesday after some of its fans taunted the goalkeeper with jeers of ''Fukushima, Fukushima'' during a league game last month.
The referee interupted the game against Lierse 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 about $34,000.
Beerschot chairman Patrick Vanoppen said ''wrong and dreadful things'' took place, adding: ''I deeply regret the things that happened over there.''
Kawashima is Japan's national goalkeeper. He said the apology would mean a lot for the Japanese people.
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