The trend in the world right now is - not just in developed countries, but in developing countries including China and India - there is a movement to build more and more nuclear plants.

After the Second World War, people in Japan no longer died for their country, and even that expression was no longer used.

I believe in any country, matters that relate to its territory would, of course, provoke strong sentiments amongst the people of that country.

So, Japan as a country has lost its vigor, it feels very much closed in for various reasons.

In Japan, the average age of agricultural workers is 65.8. When the aging of its population is accelerating so rapidly, it will be very difficult to sustain the sector whether we liberalize trade or not.

When the world has 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 nuclear plants, can we call that a safe world? I think we need to properly have this debate.

It is possible for Japan to become the model of a society that does not rely on nuclear power.