TOKYO -- Japan's energy policy is expected to turn more nuclear power friendly under new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, with officials with deep ties to the pro-nuclear Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry taking up top party and government posts.
Those appointments will bring METI back to the core of policymaking after it was sidelined under previous Prime Minster Yoshihide Suga, who pushed measures opposed by the ministry. This time, its sway may extend as far as foreign policy as the new government focuses on economic security, for which Kishida has created a new cabinet post.
