TOKYO—Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday he wanted to reduce Japan’s reliance on nuclear power as much as possible, rejecting suggestions that he was seeking a reversal in the government’s basic post-Fukushima policy.
Since the triple meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after an earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, successive governments have generally said they wanted to phase out nuclear power in Japan over time, while allowing some existing reactors to operate for now.