nuclear energy policy
December 22, 2012
YAMAGUCHI--Shinzo Abe said his administration should review a freeze imposed by the outgoing government on the construction of new nuclear reactors.
December 04, 2012
With pressing economic and nuclear energy issues still to be settled, campaigning officially kicked off Dec. 4 for a national election that will determine the course Japan...
November 30, 2012
On Twitter, nuclear energy policy is dominating discussions of the Lower House election scheduled for Dec. 16.
November 30, 2012
He came across as a decisive leader, the kind Japanese voters would warm to. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto struck a welcome contrast with politicians of established parties, such...
September 21, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was re-elected to the presidency of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in a landslide on Sept. 21, assuring that he will retain his grip on...
July 06, 2012
Protests take on many forms. Some chant in front of the seats of power; others march. But another way to protest is to invite people into your living room to watch movies.
June 30, 2012
The government has laid out three different visions for the future of the nation's power supply. It plans to craft its new long-term energy policy by the end of August after a...
June 29, 2012
Japan may be facing the possibility of not being able to reprocess all of the spent nuclear fuel from its nuclear reactors, according to Shunsuke Kondo, chairman of the Japan...
March 25, 2012
Though Germany and Italy are moving away from nuclear power, France is showing no signs of moving down the same path. Whether it wishes to or not, though, France will also have ...
February 16, 2012
Politicians are quietly lowering anti-nuclear colors raised following the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant as Japan prepares for a second summer of energy...
August 26, 2011
The nuclear crisis that has galvanized attention for months, along with nuclear power and energy policy, will be major issues in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential...
August 06, 2011
While the government wants to establish a new organization to regulate nuclear energy issues, bureaucratic turf fighting is delaying an agreement on what form that new agency...
August 04, 2011
Trade and industry minister Banri Kaieda announced Aug. 4 he is dismissing three of his top bureaucrats. The move is apparently meant to hold them accountable for mishandling...
July 30, 2011
Prime Minister Naoto Kan said allegations that Japan's nuclear watchdog had asked electric power companies to manipulate government-sponsored symposiums on nuclear power...
July 30, 2011
The Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan presented on July 29 an interim report on new energy policies. The basic thrust of the policies is that Japan will "decrease its number...
July 30, 2011
The government on Friday released an interim report on its overhaul of Japan's energy policy, initiated in response to the devastating accident at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear...
July 29, 2011
The costs of nuclear and renewable power generation are expected to be recalculated as part of a new 40-year plan aimed at reducing Japan's reliance on nuclear energy.
July 20, 2011
The Japan Atomic Energy Commission on July 19 urged the government to set aside funds for decommissioning the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, bolster nuclear safety and ...
July 20, 2011
During a regular news conference on July 15, Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Yoshiaki Takaki was asked about the future of the government's Monju...
April 29, 2011
Chubu Electric Power Co. has produced a controversial plan to restart a reactor at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant on the shores of the Pacific in Shizuoka Prefecture to help...