Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday said Japan "cannot do without" nuclear power, speaking on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the devastating Fukushima disaster, AFP reports.
"Our resource-poor country cannot do without nuclear power to secure the stability of energy supply while considering what makes economic sense and the issue of climate change," Abe told a press conference.
His comment came a day after a Japanese court ordered the shutdown of two nuclear reactors previously declared safe under post-disaster safety rules.