Staff writer
OSAKA -- Ongoing protests in Australia's Northern Territory over a planned uranium mine have direct implications for western Japan because much of the uranium would end up in power plants operated by a Kansai Electric Power Co.-led consortium.
Last week, construction began on the 19-hectare Jabiluka mine, which lies inside Kakadu National Park and legally belongs to the Mirrar aboriginal tribe.
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