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The new proposal says nuclear energy should account for 20% of Japan’s energy supply in 2040, up from just 8.5% last year, while expanding renewables to 40-50% from 22.9% and reducing coal-fired ...
Japan shut down all its nuclear reactors after a powerful 2011 earthquake and tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant was heavily damaged by a major earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, ... CBS News. Winning ticket for $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot sold in California.
By Yuka Obayashi and Katya Golubkova. TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is set to push for more nuclear power in an energy policy update due next year, seeking stable electricity supply in face of growing ...
Jackson, Keith. "Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan: Response and recovery after Japan's 3/11 and After the Great East Japan Earthquake: Political and Policy Change in post-Fukushima Japan." Asia Pacific Business Review (2014): 1–9. Kelly, Dominic. "US Hegemony and the Origins of Japanese Nuclear Power: The Politics of Consent."
At least 16 people have been arrested amid protests in South Korea against the release of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear facility in Japan.. Japan began the release of a million ...
During World War II, Japan had several programs exploring the use of nuclear fission for military technology, including nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.Like the similar wartime programs in Nazi Germany, it was relatively small, suffered from an array of problems brought on by lack of resources and wartime disarray, and was ultimately unable to progress beyond the laboratory stage during ...
Tsunamis in the Sea of Japan have been observed to arrive faster than those along Japan's Pacific coast. [100] Tsunami modelling executed by the University of Tokyo and Building Research Institute of Japan computed the tsunami to be 3.6 m (12 ft) in Suzu; 3 m (9.8 ft) in Noto; 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in Shika and 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in Jōetsu, Niigata.