Staff writer
Faced with the urgent task of dealing with the nation's worst nuclear accident, new Science and Technology Agency chief and Education Minister Hirofumi Nakasone says his first job is to regain the Japanese public's trust in nuclear power.
Nakasone, 53, who took over the job from Akito Arima Tuesday, declared his resolve to "not stop the flow (of work) because the minister in charge has changed."
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