Nagasaki mayor to call for energy policy shift in Aug. 9 ceremony
Jul. 29, 2011
Nagasaki City Mayor Tomihisa Taue is set to urge the government to promote renewable energy sources in a policy shift following the Fukushima nuclear crisis in his peace declaration during the Aug. 9 ceremony, according to the gist of the speech he released Thursday.
Taue will express the need for safer energy sources than atomic power but stop short of clearly calling for a withdrawal from nuclear power generation in the declaration to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on the southwestern Japan city.
After asked if the mayor thinks that Japan should withdraw from nuclear power generation, Taue told a press conference, ''Speaking of a long-term time frame, it will be a point we should finally reach.''
In the peace declaration, the mayor will touch on the damage caused by radioactive fallout from the nuclear power plant accident and say that a fundamental discussion is needed on Japanese society and its energy policy.
The mayor will also reiterate the horrors and inhumane nature of nuclear weapons, while urging countries possessing them and the Japanese government to take concrete actions toward their abolition.
As of Wednesday, representatives from a record 49 nations, including those from the nuclear powers of Britain, France and Russia, are scheduled to attend the service, which will be broadcasted on the Internet for the first time.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on July 28, 2011)
Taue will express the need for safer energy sources than atomic power but stop short of clearly calling for a withdrawal from nuclear power generation in the declaration to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on the southwestern Japan city.
After asked if the mayor thinks that Japan should withdraw from nuclear power generation, Taue told a press conference, ''Speaking of a long-term time frame, it will be a point we should finally reach.''
In the peace declaration, the mayor will touch on the damage caused by radioactive fallout from the nuclear power plant accident and say that a fundamental discussion is needed on Japanese society and its energy policy.
The mayor will also reiterate the horrors and inhumane nature of nuclear weapons, while urging countries possessing them and the Japanese government to take concrete actions toward their abolition.
As of Wednesday, representatives from a record 49 nations, including those from the nuclear powers of Britain, France and Russia, are scheduled to attend the service, which will be broadcasted on the Internet for the first time.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on July 28, 2011)
