RECALLING HIROSHIMA, JAPAN’S PM BACKS NEW ENERGY

Fukushima nuke crisis invoked at Hiroshima event; Kan pitches new energy policy goals on bomb anniversary
Eric Johnston, August 7, 2011 (The Japan Times)

"Hiroshima marked the 66th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb…in a ceremony that paid tribute to victims of the March 11 quake and tsunami and heard calls by Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Hiroshima politicians and local residents to consider moving away from nuclear power."

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"As fear that radiation leaking from the Fukushima nuclear plant entering the food chain continues to grow, media polls across the nation show an increasing number of people support moving away from nuclear power toward renewable energy…In his remarks, Kan reaffirmed his commitment to a new energy policy away from nuclear power…The annual Hiroshima peace declaration, read out by Mayor Kazumi Matsui, also paid tribute to the victims of March 11…[and] called for a general rethink of the current energy policy…"