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Japan’s ruling Party the only one (of 9) to promote nuclear power

LDP alone in fighting nuclear power exit JAPAN TIMES, JIJI, KYODO JUL 1, 2013 OSAKA – The ruling Liberal Democratic Party was the sole opponent of abolishing nuclear power in a policy debate involving the secretaries-general of nine major political parties Saturday….. Among the proponents, Japanese Communist Party Secretary-General Tadayoshi Ichida said it would be inconceivable to restart reactors or export Japan’s nuclear technologies given that the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 plant has yet to be resolved. His Your Party counterpart, Kenji Eda, said it would be irresponsible to bring reactors back online when locations for disposal facilities for spent nuclear fuel have yet to be decided…..http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/01/national/ldp-alone-in-fighting-nuclear-power-exit/#.UdIdkTtwo6I

LDP opposes zero nuclear policy, Japan News, 1 July 13 The Yomiuri ShimbunWith the exception of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, every party at a weekend meeting in Osaka of the secretaries general and equivalent figures from nine major parties expressed support for ending nuclear power generation in the future……. As for whether to aim for the abolition of nuclear power generation, all parties replied yes except the LDP. The DPJ, for example, clearly stated that no nuclear power plant should be in operation by the end of the 2030s in its upper house election platform. Hosono questioned Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to promote exports of Japanese nuclear reactors.

“It makes me uncomfortable,” he said, to see the prime minister and other government officials actively promoting exports of Japanese nuclear plants while the crisis continues at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant…..http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000347382

July 1, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics