» The residents in Fukushima want politicians to face the reality as official election campaign

2013/07/04

Voters in Fukushima Prefecture urged politicians to face the reality of the crisis as official campaigning for the July 21 House of Councillors election got under way Thursday.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologized to voters in Fukushima in a speech on July 4th, saying the Liberal Democratic Party headed by him “must reflect deeply” on its past policy of promoting nuclear power generation.
However he did not mention about the current his policy of the restart of other nuclear plants in Japan or the export of the nation’s nuclear power generation technologies, which has stirred controversy.

The residents in Fukushima complained about the unsolved situation of nuclear crisis and strongly urged politicians to come and see the reality in Fukushima.

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Fukushima voters urge politicians to face reality of nuclear crisis (Mainichi Newspaper)

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