Japan is set to fire up its nuclear power plants as it looks to expand its renewable energy offering amid a push to slash its emissions, its new industry minister has said today. The efforts are a bid to cut 46 per cent of its carbon output from 2013 levels by 2030, while the country has also pledged to be carbon neutral by 2050. “I would like to promote the maximum adoption of renewable energy, thorough energy conservation and the restart of nuclear power plants with the highest priority on safety,” newly appointed economy, trade and industry minister, Koichi Hagiuda, told his first news conference. It comes amid a cabinet shuffle in Japan, as its government makes way for new prime minister Fumio Kishida. The minister, formerly Japan’s education secretary, has kept up the Kishida administration’s climate promises. Hagiuda also said his department aims to win cabinet approval of […]