Naoto Kan
Naoto Kan
Naoto Kanis a Japanese politician, and former Prime Minister of Japan. In June 2010, then-Finance Minister Kan was elected as the leader of the Democratic Party of Japanand designated Prime Minister by the Diet to succeed Yukio Hatoyama. Kan was the first Prime Minister of Japan since the resignation of Junichiro Koizumi in 2006 to serve for more than 1 year, with predecessors Yukio Hatoyama, Tarō Asō, Yasuo Fukuda, and Shinzō Abe either resigning prematurely or losing an election. On...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 October 1946
CountryJapan
If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem it is impossible to solve it.
When the world has 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 nuclear plants, can we call that a safe world? I think we need to properly have this debate.
The question arises whether private companies can bear responsibility when considering the large risks involved with nuclear business.
I tend to agree with many aspects of President Obama's policies.
I am advocating a weak yen to a certain extent.
I will carry on the torch of reviving Japan that the Democratic Party received from the people.
In Japan, the average age of agricultural workers is 65.8. When the aging of its population is accelerating so rapidly, it will be very difficult to sustain the sector whether we liberalize trade or not.
The trend in the world right now is - not just in developed countries, but in developing countries including China and India - there is a movement to build more and more nuclear plants.
Nuclear arms and atomic power represent a technology in which coexistence with man is extremely difficult.
This quake, tsunami and the nuclear accident are the biggest crises for Japan [in decades] ... We will continue to handle it in a state of maximum alert.
In Japan, the average age of agricultural workers is 65.8. When the aging of its population is accelerating so rapidly, it will be very difficult to sustain the sector whether we liberalize trade or not.
After the Second World War, people in Japan no longer died for their country, and even that expression was no longer used.
I believe in any country, matters that relate to its territory would, of course, provoke strong sentiments amongst the people of that country.
I wouldn't call myself anti-nuclear.