Post-Meltdown Japan Sticking with Nuclear Power
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › September 12, 2011
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Minister resigns over remark TOKYO -- Japan's new trade minister resigned Saturday over a remark seen as insensitive to nuclear evacuees, dealing a blow to a government that took office just eight days ago in the hopes it could better tackle the daunting tsunami recovery. "A series of my remarks caused serious distrust among the people, especially the people of Fukushima," Yoshio Hachiro said at a news conference. "I seriously reflected on my remarks, and I made the decision to step down." Noda, Hachiro and other government ministers were visiting the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant Thursday when Hachiro called the desolate evacuation zone around the plant "a town of death." Sweating heavily under intense questioning by reporters, Hachiro said the remarks "rubbed the feelings of Fukushima people the wrong way" but that he did not intend to be hurtful.
MATSUYAMA, Japan - Takashi Yamada would prefer life without the nearby nuclear power plant. But the 66-year-old retired electronics retailer says, "It is also true we all need it."See the full content of this document
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Post-Meltdown Japan Sticking with Nuclear Power
Host communities such as this seaside city on the island of Shikoku need the jobs and financial subsidies the plants provide. And Japan's $5.5 trillion economy needs the energy.
Many Japanese have grown uneasy with nuclear power since the March 11 tsunami, which left more than 20,000 dead or missing and sent a plant in Fukushima into meltdown. Anti-nuke pro...See the full content of this document
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