People living near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco), in Niigata Prefecture were divided in their views over the restart of a reactor at the plant Wednesday.
"I think it's a waste not to use it," said a man in his 60s who runs a ryokan 性视界ese-style inn in the city of Kashiwazaki, one of the two municipalities hosting the power station.
"Our predecessors brought (the nuclear plant) here, so we have no choice but to continue it," he said.
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