In a speech to DPJ members on Friday, Mr Kan said rebuilding the economy was his priority.
Mr. Kan said that as a young politician, he believed atomic power was only a transitional energy source.
Kan said excessive currency moves can harm financial stability and that he hopes the Bank of Japan will take appropriate monetary policy steps, according to a Reuters report.
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said today that plans to build new nuclear power plants should be scrapped and the nation should design a completely new energy future.
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Two decades of stimulative, low-interest-rate fiscal policy have made Japan the most indebted nation in the developed world, and as new Prime Minister Naoto Kan recently said, in his first address to Parliament, that situation is not sustainable.
The opposition and many in Mr Kan's own party said he failed to show leadership in the crisis, and was too slow in acknowledging the severity of the disaster.
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"Just when he reached the peak, an accident that questioned his very core erupted, " said veteran lawmaker Satsuki Eda, a Kan ally for three decades.
"Public disappointment is now so deep that Kan alone cannot restore voters' confidence, " he said.
"Professional storm chasers I don't have a problem with, " said Sheriff Glen Kochanowski of Saline County, Kan.
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"We don't have time to stop and write a ticket, " said Chancy Smith, emergency-management director in Dickinson County, Kan.
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Winds gusting at speeds of up to 45 mph created snow drifts of 2 to 3 feet in the three states, said Ryan Husted, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Goodland, Kan.
White House officials said the speech Tuesday followed up on the president's fiery populist address in December in Osawatomie, Kan.
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