Five former Japanese prime ministers issued a "zero nuclear power" declaration, and Hatoyama said he wanted Koizumi to return to politics

The Paper's reporter Chen Qinhan

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear accident, five former Japanese prime ministers, including Junichiro Koizumi and Naoto Kan, jointly issued a "zero nuclear power" declaration on March 11, calling on the current government to change its nuclear power policy.

According to the Asahi Shimbun, the Japanese government held a memorial service at the National Theater in Tokyo on March 11, during which former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi gave a speech at a meeting held at the Constitutional Memorial Hall, claiming that nuclear power is natural, low-cost, clean energy and other arguments are "all lies." He said he listened to the remarks when he was in power, but later realized his mistake, "If you don't correct it after you make it, it's also a mistake." ”

Koizumi described the Fukushima Daiichi accident as a "man-made disaster." He pointed out that before the accident, there were 54 nuclear power units in Operation in Japan, accounting for about 30% of the total, and for a period of time after the accident, all nuclear power plants were called out of operation, "Before the restart of [these shut down nuclear power plants], there was not a single day of power outage, which proved that no nuclear power plant can be done, and achieving zero nuclear power is not a dream." ”

"There is no distinction between the ruling party and the opposition party on the nuclear power issue, which is a problem that endangers the lives of the people and the national economy, and if the nuclear waste is not solved, the only way to do so is to abandon the nuclear power plant." Koizumi said.

Subsequently, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said: "If Prime Minister Koizumi (former) makes another effort, returns to politics, creates a political party to break away from nuclear power, and serves as the head of the party, then I want to participate." ”

Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said that in the past decade, nuclear power plants have produced only 3% of the total electricity, while the cost of building nuclear power plants has tripled, and the used fuel cannot be processed. He said that Japan's 4 million hectares of agricultural land are planted with rice, wheat and vegetables, and if solar panels are installed on them, the electricity available to all of Japan will be doubled.

Hosokawa, who served as Japan's 79th prime minister (1993-1994), said Japanese society must fight against irrationalities in the operation of nuclear power plants. Tomiichi Murayama, the 81st Prime Minister of Japan (1994-1996), also believes that the lessons of the Fukushima nuclear accident should be learned and not repeated.

The above five former Japanese prime ministers issued a jointly signed "zero nuclear power" declaration on the 11th, and at the meeting site of the Constitutional Memorial Hall, Junichiro Koizumi, Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan held hands on the stage for a group photo. Shortly before that, Junichiro Koizumi and Naoto Suga also held a press conference in Tokyo on March 1, expressing their desire to "hope that Japan will become a country that develops with zero nuclear power" and calling for the abolition of nuclear power and the expansion of the introduction of renewable energy.

On the question of whether to continue to develop nuclear power, Japan's current Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in November 2020 at the House Budget Committee that no new nuclear power plants have been considered. At a meeting on March 3 this year, he responded to opposition lawmakers by saying, "Zero nuclear power is difficult for a resource-poor Japan. ”

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