Russian Oil and NPPs Re-Commissioned: Japan’s Revised Energy Strategy

... thermal power stations. Overall, drops in oil purchases and their partial replacement with LNG form the basis of Japan’s energy policy , aside from large-scale plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 by ubiquitously developing new and renewable energy sources (RES, hydrogen, biofuel, etc.). Therefore, a gradual (that is, over a few years) rejection of Russian oil imports that Kishida’s government announced, presenting it as part of putting sanctions pressure on Russia, is essentially a direct continuation of sustained domestic trends, and it cannot be linked directly to the current geopolitical circumstances. Andrey Gubin: The East Expands into NATO: Japan’s and South Korea’s New Approaches ...