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Hydrogen to play key role in Japan's energy future

A Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) on display at the International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo in Tokyo 2014 (photo: dpa)

05.11.2014

With the spectre of the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011 still raw in the minds of Japan’s population, there is concern whether the country’s new Strategic Energy Plan will give the public confidence that the country is moving towards safe energy options. The plan reduces the emphasis on nuclear power and focusses on the emerging renewable and clean energie...

Dr. Stefan Lippert

ECONOMY

Japan ignored nuclear warnings and believed in the myth of absolute safety

The Kashiwazaki Kariwa plant was hit by an earthquake in 2007, but lessons were not learnt (photo: dpa)

07.06.2012

Japan’s ‘nuclear village’ received repeated warnings and advice about the country’s plants, but would not accept that they were unsafe. American regulators even pinpointed power system improvements that might have saved more of the Fukushima reactors. When the disaster occurred, the government and plant operator were unprepared and the safety myth was exposed, expl...

Dr. Stefan Lippert

ECONOMY

Fukushima facts demand a complete review of nuclear safety

Fukushima on March 18, 2011, was an accident that could have been avoided (photo: dpa)

06.06.2012

A cold shutdown, requiring a stable electricity supply and heat sinks, saved two of Fukushima’s six nuclear reactors after the earthquake and tsunami. But three of the others suffered meltdown and explosion. Basing safety measures on probability was shown to be the wrong policy – because even the most unlikely events can happen, with disastrous consequences explain...

Dr. Stefan Lippert

ECONOMY

Can-do attitude drives Japan to abandon nuclear power

Police in protective clothing at Fukushima a month after the disaster (photo: dpa)

04.06.2012

Japan has taken just 14 months to abandon nuclear energy in the wake of the Fukushima catastrophe, without any decision by the government, parliament or supreme court. There is an overwhelming attitude that power supply challenges will be met. But no-one is being blamed for March 11. The official position is that it was a natural disaster far beyond anything anyone...

Dr. Stefan Lippert

ECONOMY

Japan’s population turns against nuclear power

The government of Japan's prime minister Yoshihiko Noda may be at risk (photo:dpa)

26.04.2012

Japan could be nuclear-free within weeks without a referendum or any government decision. Nuclear power plants, shut down for routine maintenance, are not being brought back on line because of public opposition and security fears. Now electric power companies are using big increases in electricity prices to turn public sentiment. ...

Dr. Stefan Lippert

ECONOMY

Japan’s Fukushima disaster: Have lessons been learned?

One year on work continues clearing homes destroyed in the earthquake (photo:dpa)

12.03.2012

Japan has suffered a series of major shocks in the last year but seems to be muddling through rather than developing a clear strategy for growth. This is seen in its national energy policy where stopgap solutions are being implemented to replace nuclear with gas despite the emissions. And it is also affecting the country’s businesses. ...

Dr. Stefan Lippert

ECONOMY

Economics: How to get into the Japanese market – organic growth versus M&A?

Marunouchi district, the commercial district of Tokyo, and Japan's financial centre (photo: dpa)

09.09.2011

In the first of a three-part series, GIS expert Professor Dr Stefan Lippert, considers why Japan must open its doors to foreign investors and contractors and whether organic growth is the better strategy for entering this increasingly attractive but notoriously closed market. FOR a long time, Japan was regarded as a highl...

Dr. Stefan Lippert

ECONOMY

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Hydrogen to play key role in Japan's energy future

Japan ignored nuclear warnings and believed in the myth of absolute safety

Fukushima facts demand a complete review of nuclear safety

Can-do attitude drives Japan to abandon nuclear power

Japan’s population turns against nuclear power

Japan’s Fukushima disaster: Have lessons been learned?

Economics: How to get into the Japanese market – organic growth versus M&amp;A?

Economics: How to get into the Japanese market – organic growth versus M&A?