Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday the administration plans to propose a new energy policy "in the near future" and that the current goal of increasing dependency of nuclear power to 53 percent by 2030 needs to be abandoned.
Local governments are hesitant to give the green light allowing nuclear plants to resume generating power, prompting the Kan administration to require all facilities to undergo so-called stress tests.
During a special committee meeting in the Lower House, Kan said he "hopes to show (the revision of the government's energy policy) in the not-too-distant future.