Japan has approved a plan to revive the use of nuclear energy, redrafting an energy policy that has been paralysed since the 2011 Fukushima crisis to address a serious electricity shortage.
The U-turn in nuclear policy, first signalled by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in August, follows softening public opposition to restarting reactors after repeated blackout scares in Tokyo this year along with rising electricity bills.
Under a new policy outlined by an advisory panel for the government on Thursday, the country would “maximise the use of existing nuclear reactors” by accelerating restarts in a reversal of a post-Fukushima plan to phase out the use of nuclear power plants.
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