Japan may end bid for nuclear fusion project -paper

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan may give up its bid to host the world’s first nuclear fusion reactor, making it likely that the 10 billion euro ($12.87 billion) experimental reactor will be built in France instead, a Japanese newspaper said on Wednesday.

Japan might make the concession because it believed it would win construction work and jobs even if it did not host the project, the Yomiuri Shimbun said, quoting government sources.

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