The Transformation of the Japanese Governmental Policy on Green Energy After the Fukushima Tragedy

Student: Zakharov Arseniy

Faculty: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Educational Programme: Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2020

On 11 of March, 2011 Japan experienced the most powerful and destructive earthquake in its modern history. The tsunami, which it provoked, triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster. For a country which had already been facing difficulties and uncertainty in its energy sector and regarded the nuclear energy as an ideal option it was a major blow. The events of the 3/11 caused reassessment of the energy sector and undermined the traditional status quo in Japanese government-industry relationships. This paper assesses the role the Fukushima accident played in the development the energy sphere and the green energy in particular.

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