Japan's former PM questions Abe's energy policy, diplomacy


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Jan 2014

Morihiro Hosokawa (L), former Japanese premier and candidate of the Tokyo gubernatorial election, speaks with his supporter and former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi atop a van while campaigning for the February 9 vote in front of Tokyo Metropolitan governmental building in Tokyo January 23, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's consumption of nuclear power is "selfish" and unsustainable since the Japanese capital hosts no nuclear reactors, former prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa said on Tuesday, questioning the government's energy policy.

Hosokawa, who is running for Tokyo governor on a plank to scrap nuclear power, is billing the February 9 vote as a referendum on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to restart reactors halted after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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