“Our nation should aim to become a society that can manage fine without nuclear power,” Mr Kan said on Wednesday.

菅直人周三表示：“我们的国家应致力于打造一个不需要核电也能正常运转的社会。”

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Mr Kan's wife (his first cousin) is also well-regarded, mainly for her straight-talking manner and no-nonsense influence on Mr Kan.

菅先生的太太(他的堂姐)也因其心直口快和对菅先生不尚空谈的影响而备受推崇。

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His fiscal plans are full of the word "prudent". Mr Kan believes Japan is sitting on a dangerous heap of debt.

菅直人的财政计划满篇都是“审慎”，他认为日本目前的巨额债务危如累卵。

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It points to public opinion polls that would support this increase, and scolds PM Kan for back-tracking on his initial support of a Liberal Democratic Party proposal for this level of increase, after the LDP suffered election losses.

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Mr Kan again faced criticism in parliament on Monday - with one opposition lawmaker suggesting he had been ill-prepared from the outset.

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Kan should move soon on his pledge for corporate-rate relief.

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