Kansai Electric Power Co. Chairman Makoto Yagi has decided to step down following criticism for receiving gifts from a former official of a central Japan town hosting one of its nuclear power plants, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.The scandal exposed the collusive ties between Japan's nuclear industry and local public officials. Twenty people at Kansai Electric received a total of 318.45 million yen ($2.9 million) worth of gifts from Eiji Moriyama, the late deputy mayor of Takahama town in Fukui Prefecture.After the scandal came to light in late September, Yagi, 69, expressed his …READ FULL ARTICLE