UPDATE 1-Japan energy deadlock deepens; government fails to announce policy mix

Source: Reuters

Deadlock in Japan between anti-nuclear activists and advocates of atomic power deepened on Monday as the government failed to produce an expected proposal to reduce the role of nuclear power in the country's energy porfolio after the Fukushima disaster.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's government had been widely expected to announce a decision on energy policy and a reduction of the share of nuclear power to 15 percent or less by 2030.

Instead, Noda said he wanted the government to decide the direction of energy policy this week.

"The present situation is that the majority of the people want us to aim at a zero-nuclear society," the prime minister told a news conference after formally announcing his candidacy for re-election as Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader.

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