Japan to restart world's biggest nuclear plant on January 21

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Nearly 70% of its electricity in 2023 came from coal, gas and oil -- a share Tokyo wants to slash to 30%-40% over the next 15 years as it expands renewable energy and nuclear power.
52% : The Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant is seen in Kashiwazaki, Niigata prefecture, Japan, on January 21, 2026.
49% : However, resource-poor Japan now wants to revive atomic energy to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and meet growing energy needs from artificial intelligence.
48% : Japan is the world's fifth-largest single-country emitter of carbon dioxide, after China, the United States, India and Russia, and is heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels.
47% : On January 8, seven groups opposing the restart submitted a petition signed by nearly 40,000 people to TEPCO and Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority.

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