Japan's trade minister threatened on Monday to block a plan to rescue Tokyo Electric Power Co with a $13 billion injection of public funds unless the government gets more say in running the struggling operator of the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant.
But in a sign of the delicate balance Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's administration must strike, the top government spokesman said no consensus had yet been reached on the topic.
The Fukushima plant was wrecked by a quake and tsunami last March, triggering the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years and swamping the firm with huge clean-up, compensation and decommissioning costs, as well as a big fossil fuel bill. (Reuters)
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