Japan’s Leaders Fret as Nuclear Shutdown Nears

New York Times: Barring an unexpected turnaround, Japan on Saturday will become a nuclear-free nation for the first time in more than four decades, at least temporarily. Japan's leaders have made increasingly desperate attempts in recent months to avoid just such a scenario, trying to restart plants shut for routine maintenance and kept that way while they tried to convince a skittish public that the reactors were safe in the wake of last year's nuclear catastrophe. But the government has run up against a crippling...

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