Japan Urged to Ditch Nuclear Power by Prime Minister’s Key Ally
- LDP lawmaker Akimoto is a prominent backer of PM Suga
- Akimoto in interview says he sees a nuclear power ‘fade out’
Source: Office of Masatoshi Akimoto
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Japan can achieve its goal of being carbon neutral by 2050 without relying on nuclear power, a prominent backer of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said, indicating divisions in the ruling party on energy policy.
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Masatoshi Akimoto said nuclear power brings enormous risks over time, becoming less appealing as the price of renewable energy falls. He said his view was a minority position in the ruling camp, where many are pushing for a restarting nuclear power plants that were halted after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, one of the world’s worst nuclear power disasters.