Japan can escape Russia's energy chokehold

Restart of seven reactors would enable independence from Moscow's LNG imports

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Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi prefecture: By restarting seven of its 33 operable reactors, Japan could achieve complete independence from Russian gas imports. (Photo by Mizuho Miyazaki)

From Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan.

Japan finds itself at a pivotal crossroads, confronted with a situation akin to Europe's energy squeeze at the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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