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Japan: Anti-nuclear protesters invest in renewables

March 20, 2023

Japan is recommissioning nuclear power plants – despite the disaster in Fukushima 12 years ago. But there is opposition from local groups around the country, with some people considering renewables to become independent of nuclear energy.

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