The premise of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has collapsed. Threatened by North Korea and others, Japan needs a new approach to nuclear deterrence.
Communities experiencing serious electricity shortage, especially those in eastern Japan, should see the importance of Kishida’s major policy shift.
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While the NPT review conference collapses, Japan is being directly threatened by the nuclear weapons of China, Russia, and North Korea.
Pledging to decarbonize and reduce energy imports from Russia, signs point to Japan’s biggest change in nuclear policy since the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a wake-up call about the fragility of Japan’s energy security and the need for next-generation nuclear power development.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has an audacious plan to help the North in return for disarmament. He says he also wants a better relationship with...
“There can be no way to protect our country just by advocating non-nuclearism,” declared the granddaughter of a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
"Without overcoming this energy crisis, there will be no green transformation by 2030 or 2050.” ー Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
The newly proposed action plan should make progress, but by itself it will not protect Japan from the very real nuclear threats it faces today.
The Supreme Court’s decision in June was expected to clear up the confusion but the latest lower court ruling ignores precedent to reward TEPCO shareholders.
The reactors eyed by Prime Minister Kishida are in western Japan. The power pinch is in eastern Japan, including the Tokyo region.