API Geoeconomic Briefing is a series provided by the Asia Pacific Initiative, an independent think tank based in Tokyo. The series will look into geopolitical and economic trends in the post-COVID-19 world, with a particular focus on technology and innovation, global supply chains, international rule-making and climate change.
The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear disaster in March 2011 put the nuclear industry in a complex situation.
In Japan, time has gone by without the government being able to put forward a clear policy on nuclear energy, while some other countries with nuclear power plants ¡ª Germany, Belgium, South Korea and Taiwan ¡ª have taken the decision to close them sometime in the future.
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