TOKYO — Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s administration announced Thursday it was firing three senior nuclear policy officials amid scandals suggesting Japan’s government had grown too cozy with the nuclear power industry. The move is the latest attempt by Kan and his Cabinet to shake off criticism they have not dealt sternly enough with nuclear power operators and to show they can push reforms deemed necessary after Japan’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami touched off the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Read full article >>