Japan ex-PM Kan urges end to nuclear plants in Seoul speech

Japan ex-PM Kan urges end to nuclear plants in Seoul speech

Naoto Kan (L), former Japanese prime minister who was in office at the time of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, meets with South Korean opposition leader Moon Jae In, head of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy party, at the South Korean parliament in Seoul on March 19, 2015. In a speech given at the parliament, Kan called for abandoning nuclear power plants and instead adopting policies that rely on renewable energy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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