15 years after Fukushima disaster, Japan confronts new energy crisis

Fifteen years after the Great East Japan Earthquake struck offshore Fukushima on March 11, 2011, Japan is confronting a new energy crisis as the Middle East conflict disrupts shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, testing the resilience of its energy supply system. The magnitude-9 earthquake that struck northeastern Japan and the subsequent tsunami shut more than 18 GW of nuclear and thermal powerFifteen years after the Great East Japan Earthquake struck offshore Fukushima on March 11, 2011, Japan is confronting a new energy crisis as the Middle East conflict disrupts shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, testing the resilience of its energy supply system. The magnitude-9 earthquake that struck northeastern Japan and the subsequent tsunami shut more than 18 GW of nuclear and thermal powerRead More