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Kaminoseki in western Japan’s Yamaguchi prefecture is home to 2,400 people and a long-frozen plan to build a nuclear plant on its coastline. (Photo by Sayumi Take)

SAYUMI TAKE, Nikkei staff writer

October 22, 2022 08:00 JST

TOKYO -- The Japanese government's nuclear policy reversal has stirred up an otherwise tranquil fishing town, home to 2,400 people and a long-frozen plan to build a nuclear power plant on its coastline.