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As Japan debates the possible restart of two nuclear reactors, Fukushima is still cause for concern.

Japan: 100,000 march in Tokyo to protest nuclear energy

Anti-nuclear protesters marched through Tokyo to pressure the prime minister to end Japan's dependence on atomic power.

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Goshi Hosono, Japan's environment minister, minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident and minister of state for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration, center, inspects a pool containing spent fuel rods at the No. 4 reactor building at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (Tepco) Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012.

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