Japan vows to skirt nuclear shutdown, watchdog embarassed

By Shinichi Saoshiro and Yoko Kubota TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will strive to avoid a complete shutdown of its 54 nuclear reactors and avert crippling power shortages in the near term while charting plans to reduce the nation’s dependence on nuclear power, the government said on Friday.

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Japan vows to skirt nuclear shutdown, watchdog embarassed