Disagreement amongst Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) members has grown after the administration asked local governments to restart the number 3 and 4 reactors at the Oi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture.In particular, discontent has mounted against a group of five -- acting policy chief Yoshito Sengoku, who led the request for the plant reactivation, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yukio Edano, minister in charge of nuclear plant accidents Goshi Hosono, minister in charge of national strategy Motohisa Furukawa, and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Tsuyoshi Saito -- with Secretary General Azuma Koshiishi trying to calm the party down.
"I have consistently sat in on minister meetings (on nuclear power plant reactivation) as an observer of the party, and as there is much information I explained it to those of the Fukui Prefecture (DPJ) group," said Sengoku on April 16 in a speech at a forum held by the Mainichi Newspapers in Nagoya, explaining his visit to Fukui Prefecture on April 14 as acting separately from Edano, who requested the plant reactivation that day. Read More
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