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Japanese nuclear stocks not rising much, even though Tokyo governor denies parliament run 

Japan nuclear stocks lukewarm after Tokyo governor denies parliament run 
Hudson Lockett, Ft.com 3 Oct 17  Japanese nuclear power companies were making only minor gains on Tuesday after the Tokyo governor who has called for phasing out nuclear energy by 2030 said she was “100 per cent” not running in the upcoming election. Kansai Electric and Kyushu Electric were up just 0.6 per cent, while Tokyo Electric was up just 0.2 per cent and Chugoku Electric Power was off 0.1 per cent Those same stocks had fallen around 5 per cent in response to Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, whose Party of Hope will challenge prime minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party in the upcoming snap election, declaring her support for phasing out nuclear energy by 2030……..https://www.ft.com/content/ca0433fb-f2ab-36bd-949d-f039d7c9da1b

October 4, 2017 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general