Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the country must consider using more nuclear power, as the import-dependent nation grapples with rising fuel prices and a weak yen. Regulations in place since the Fukushima disaster in 2011 need to be made more efficient to help the process of restarting Japan’s idled reactors, he said, adding new impetus to calls for the energy source to take a bigger role. Only about a third of operable reactors have resumed. “We must think about nuclear power given rising electricity and gas prices,” Kishida said in a TV Tokyo interview late Tuesday evening. “We won’t compromise on safety, and will get the understanding of the people before proceeding.” Reactor number 3 at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, in Jan. 2018. Kishida’s remarks come as Japan contends with an energy crisis that’s sent prices of liquefied natural gas and coal to […]