Trade minister Yukio Edano on Friday voiced his personal hope that Japan will end its dependence on nuclear power plants in light of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
“I would like to break away from the reliance on nuclear plants and reduce dependence to zero as promptly as possible,” Edano told a House of Representative panel, describing the remark as his personal opinion.
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