TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister says the country will scrap a plan calling for increasing the share of nuclear power as an energy source to 50 percent from the current 30 percent.
Naoto Kan told a news conference Tuesday that Japan needs to “start from scratch” on its long-term energy policy after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Kan also said he would take a pay cut beginning in June until the Fukushima nuclear crisis is resolved to take responsibility as part of the government that has promoted nuclear energy.
