70% in Japan support PM's nuclear-free future: poll

70% in Japan support PM's nuclear-free future: poll
Tokyo (AFP) July 24, 2011 - Seventy percent of the Japanese public supports centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan's policy to make the country nuclear free in future but most people still want him to quit, a poll said Sunday. The weekend survey conducted by Kyodo News agency showed 70.3 percent support Kan's policy of ending nuclear power while 66.9 percent think the unpopular prime minister should leave office by the e ... more

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