Japan: Kan feared Tokyo would become uninhabitable after Fukushima nuclear crisis

Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan shared candid thoughts on the Fukushima nuclear disaster in an interview this week. "Deserted scenes of Tokyo without a single man around came across my mind," he told Asahi Shimbun, describing his state of mind immediately after March 11. "It really was a spine-chilling thought." After the disaster, Kan is now opposed to the use of nuclear power in Japan. More: Japan Today, and Asahi Shimbun.