Four years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan is finding old energy habits hard to shake. The government’s tentative energy plan for the next 15 years seeks to significantly increase renewable sources, but will still draw heavily on the country’s traditional energy suppliers: unpopular nuclear power and imported fossil fuels. Defenders of the energy strategy, released late last month, say it’s a balanced approach for a country with few natural resources of its own. Critics say it’s a blown opportunity for a bolder move toward energy self-sufficiency and future economic growth through the development of Japanese companies’ energy technologies. With Japan’s nuclear reactors shut down in the […]