- Eleven years after the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant and successive Japanese governments adopting a cautious line on atomic energy — including a commitment to no new reactor construction, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has signaled a change of heart.
- The changes are a crucial policy reversal and demonstrate both the negative impact the Russian invasion of Ukraine is having on energy prices in Japan and the slow-but-sure reversal in anti-nuclear attitudes among the Japanese public.
- The Japanese government is hoping to have another seven units up and running by next summer and for nuclear power plants to be meeting as much as 20% of the nation’s energy needs by 2030.
Japan signals a shift back to nuclear energy, 11 years after Fukushima disaster 30.08.2022
