In the decades after World War II, writers wondered what new technologies like atomic energy, artificial intelligence, and space travel meant for humanity's future.
As Japan struggles to cope with the disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear-power plant, Mr Kan has nailed his colours to the anti-nuclear mast, arguing that Japan needs to reduce its dependence on atomic energy.
It added that relations between Iran and the UN nuclear agency are moving in a positive direction and that Grossi has very close relations with both the country's atomic energy organization and the Iranian embassy in Vienna.
I can image a time when even a brain surgeon can live in one place and operate on patients all over the world, through remote controlled artificial hands, like those used in atomic energy plants.