Japan’s New Premier Backs More Nuclear Plants

New York Times: The newly elected prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, said Sunday that he would seek to build nuclear reactors, reversing within a week in office a campaign pledge to move Japan away from nuclear power. The statement about the reactors came in Mr. Abe's first televised interview since taking office. During his five days as prime minister, he had hinted that he would take a closer look at nuclear power. "They will be completely different from those at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant,"...

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