Face of Fukushima Slams Japan's Nuclear Stance
- Former Japanese government spokesman Edano speaks in interview
- Edano has deep reservations over Abe's restart policy
The passing of five years shows as vegetation and the elements begin to take their toll on homes and businesses inside the deserted exclusion zone close to the devastated Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
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In his trademark blue jumpsuit, the bleary-eyed chief cabinet secretary Yukio Edano became the government’s face of the Fukushima nuclear crisis as he faced the press every few hours. Five years later, he has stern words for Japan’s atomic watchdog, the plant’s operator and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s nuclear restart policy.