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Reconstruction following the Great East Japan Earthquake
December 26, 2011(AM)
[Provisional Translation]
Press Conference by the Chief Cabinet Secretary (Excerpt)
Opening Statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujimura
CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY FUJIMURA: Regarding the submission of the Interim Report of the Investigation and Verification Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Company. Today, at 6:05pm, scheduled time, Chairperson Yotaro Hatamura is expected to hand the Interim Report to Prime Minister Noda at the Prime Minister's Office. I would like to express my profound gratitude to Chairperson Hatamura and all members of the Committee for their commitment and efforts for compiling the Interim Report in just over a period of six months. Based on this report, the Government will take steps to prevent the recurrence of similar accidents in ensuring that such accidents never happen again. We have asked the Committee to further compile a final report in the future, and we look forward to the Committee's further proactive activities toward that end.
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