In the Wake of Fukushima: Japan’s Nuclear Energy Policy Impasse

Japan’s energy policy regime appears dangerously adrift in the context of accelerating climate change. The core problem is agency. On the one hand, Japanese PM Abe Shinzo and the nuclear village appear obsessed with nuclear power restarts and 20th century paradigms of the power economy. On the other hand, Japan’s anti-nuclear civil society lacks the … Continue reading In the Wake of Fukushima: Japan’s Nuclear Energy Policy Impasse