By NAOKI MATSUYAMA/ Staff Writer
March 9, 2022 at 14:33 JST
Fukui Governor Tatsuji Sugimoto, right, hands a written emergency request for the deployment of Self-Defense Forces around nuclear plants in his prefecture to Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi in Tokyo on March 8. (Naoki Matsuyama)
The governor of Fukui Prefecture is calling on the central government to deploy Self-Defense Forces around nuclear facilities in his prefecture following the seizure of a nuclear plant in Ukraine by Russian troops. [Read More]
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