Ex-Tokai village mayor advises against nuclear energy

Tatsuya Murakami, former mayor of Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, speaks in an interview in the village on July 28, 2015. Recalling the serious nuclear criticality accident that occurred at a nuclear fuel-reprocessing plant in the village in 1999, Murakami said municipalities should not depend on nuclear energy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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