alt Hacker NewsJapan learned from Fukishima nuclear accident, and many outside Japan forget that earthquake and tsunami had bigger impact in terms of material damage and cost of life then the nuclear accident.
Currently, economy of Japan (world biggest LNG importer) is hit hard by the events in Middle East. Because of this goverment starts maximum use of nuclear power policy.
https://www.nucnet.org/news/japan-council-adopts-policy-pack...
https://www.powermag.com/reactor-restart-rekindling-japans-n...
https://ieefa.org/resources/japans-diversified-lng-procureme...
That may be true, but does not change that the only 2 JP reactors built since the 2000s are each taking 2+ decades each to complete (started in 2006 and 2010, and estimated to launch in ___ and 2030).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cma_Nuclear_Power_Plant
https://pris-stats.iaea.org/reactor/862