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Japan residents protest against planned reopening of world’s largest nuclear power plant

The Japanese government wants to return to nuclear energy to fuel its economy and offset its reliance on foreign energy imports.

Published: 3:30pm, 23 Dec 2025

Residents in northern Japan protested against the scheduled restart of the world’s largest nuclear power plant on December 22, 2025. Lawmakers in Niigata prefecture voted to allow it to resume ‍operations, a watershed moment in the country’s return to nuclear energy nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.

Japan residents protest against planned reopening of world’s largest nuclear power plant

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The Japanese government wants to return to nuclear energy to fuel its economy and offset its reliance on foreign energy imports.

The Japanese government wants to return to nuclear energy to fuel its economy and offset its reliance on foreign energy imports.