IN DEPTH: Japan is tipped to stick with renewables agenda

Japan’s new government is set to maintain support for renewable energy, even as it backs the restart of some of the country’s nuclear reactors, say industry observers.

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) returned to power in a landslide election win over the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) earlier this week, taking a two-thirds majority in the lower house of the Diet with its coalition partner, New Komeito.

The national elections were the first since the March 2011 earthquake triggered the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, which led to the evacuation of 100,000 people and calls for an end to nuclear power in the earthquake-prone country.

In response to public opinion, the outgoing government unveiled a plan in September targeting the…

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