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New Challenges and Solutions for Renewable EnergyJapan’s Energy Policy and Community Power Movement After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

New Challenges and Solutions for Renewable Energy: Japan’s Energy Policy and Community Power... [This chapter discusses Japan’s Energy policy after the Fukushima nuclear accident of March 11, 2011, and which is the largest nuclear accident since the 1986 Chernobyl accident. In response, Germany and several other governments adopted a policy of energy shift for promoting energy efficiency, renewables, and denuclearization. How has Japan’s energy policy changed since the accident? If it remains unchanged or with only minor modifications, what are main reasons? This chapter explores these questions analyzing documents and news clippings, and interview with key players. The relative weakness of counter-veiling power of opposing political parties and civil society provides the context for explaining Japan’s relatively unchanged energy policy. An inner circle of vested interests called the “nuclear village” (genpatsu mura) still stands against real reforms. However, local level power movements, especially, active in Aizu and other areas in Fukushima Prefecture reveal new ways to build public support for an energy transition.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

New Challenges and Solutions for Renewable EnergyJapan’s Energy Policy and Community Power Movement After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

Part of the International Political Economy Series Book Series
Editors: Midford, Paul; Moe, Espen
Hasegawa, Koichi
New Challenges and Solutions for Renewable Energy — Feb 13, 2021
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Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
ISBN
978-3-030-54513-0
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23 –50
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-54514-7_2
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Abstract

[This chapter discusses Japan’s Energy policy after the Fukushima nuclear accident of March 11, 2011, and which is the largest nuclear accident since the 1986 Chernobyl accident. In response, Germany and several other governments adopted a policy of energy shift for promoting energy efficiency, renewables, and denuclearization. How has Japan’s energy policy changed since the accident? If it remains unchanged or with only minor modifications, what are main reasons? This chapter explores these questions analyzing documents and news clippings, and interview with key players. The relative weakness of counter-veiling power of opposing political parties and civil society provides the context for explaining Japan’s relatively unchanged energy policy. An inner circle of vested interests called the “nuclear village” (genpatsu mura) still stands against real reforms. However, local level power movements, especially, active in Aizu and other areas in Fukushima Prefecture reveal new ways to build public support for an energy transition.]

Published: Feb 13, 2021

Keywords: Climate change politics; Community power; Coal; Energy policy; Fukushima Daiichi; Nuclear disaster; Renewable energy

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