30 August 2025 Japan still has some of the highest carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita among the advanced economies after the shutdown of the country’s nuclear power plants following the Fukushima disaster in 2011. Following the accident, the country has gradually restarted 14 reactors with a combined 13 million kilowatts of capacity but 22 … Continue reading Japan’s energy system struggles to overcome the legacy of Fukushima