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December 24, 2012

Japan anti-nuclear vote melts away
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 23, 2012
Eight million people signed an Internet petition demanding an end to nuclear power and hundreds of thousands joined public protests. Yet Japan handed an election landslide to the most pro-atomic option on offer. Anti-nuclear activists have been left licking their wounds after the first national poll since the tsunami-sparked disaster at Fukushima saw an apparent melting away of public anger as the country welcomed back the establishment. "A problem was that political divisions emerged over when ... read more

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