After shutting down its last reactor, Japan is now even more heavily dependent on imported oil, gas, and coal. This month, Japan shut down the last of its 54 nuclear reactors. When and if any of those reactors are to be restarted is uncertain. One thing is for sure, though: as long as it is without nuclear power, Japan will be almost completely dependent on imported fossil fuels.
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According to our online poll last week, the Japanese are wrong to turn their backs on nuclear power, which once produced almost a third of its electricity.
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On May 5, Japan's last operating nuclear reactor was shut down, turning it into a nuclear energy-free country. The government is working desperately to restart two reactors in the town of Oi in Fukui Prefecture, but the outcome is difficult to predict. In fact, some think Japan's nuclear-free status might not only survive the summer of 2012, but become a fact of life forever.
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(MENAFN – Qatar News Agency) South Korea, the United States and Japan began talks here Monday to discuss the situation in the wake of North Korea's failed rocket launch last month. The one-day …
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Work the last operating in Japan nuclear reactor was stopped for inspection. Far from 50 nuclear reactors continued to work in the country only reactor NPP “Tomari, Russia” in Hokkaido Prefecture.
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razakis scheduled to launch the Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), here, on June 1.Japanese ambassador to Malaysia Shigeru Nakamura said MJIIT, locatedat Universiti Teknologi Malaysia''s international campus in Jalan Semarak, here,offered four undergraduate and post-graduate programmes to Malaysian …
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Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is scheduled to launch the Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), here, on June 1.
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As Tokyo recovers from the aftermath of 2011's earthquake, it's time to discover a calm city of complementary opposites.
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is scheduled to launch the Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), here, on June 1.
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Tokyo, Mar 28, 2012 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) today began assembly of a full-scale structural-testing model of an Advanced Technology Demonstrator (ATD). The ATD, which MHI is building under the contract with the Japan Ministry of Defense, will be used to prove the airworthiness of advanced technologies, including stealth capabilities and high maneuverability …
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