About two-thirds of the heads of prefectural, city, ward, town and village governments want Japan to reduce its reliance on nuclear power generation or scrap it altogether.
In a survey about plans for the nation s future energy policy conducted before the fifth anniversary of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, 44.6 percent of these governments sought cuts in Japan s dependence on nuclear power and 21 percent requested the eventual abolishment of nuclear power generation.
Many cited concerns about the safety of nuclear power and the disposal of waste.