"Russia's invasion of Ukraine has vastly transformed the world’s energy landscape. To overcome an imminent crisis caused by a power supply crunch, we must take the utmost steps to mobilize all possible policies in the coming years and prepare for any emergency," Kishida warned in August. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that Japan would restart up to nine nuclear reactors by winter and seven others by next summer, citing the need for secure energy supplies in the wake of the Ukraine war and help meet Japan's net-zero targets. More than 11 years on from the disaster, despite Japan sitting firmly in the so-called ring of fire - a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent, earthquakes - this summer Tokyo recommitted to nuclear power. Within days of the disaster, thousands of kilometers away, the German government announced a 10-year plan to phase out nuclear power, having been lobbied on the issue for decades by environmental campaigners. The most severe nuclear accident since Chernobyl sparked a new wave of anti-nuclear sentiment and most of the country's nuclear plants were taken offline for urgent safety checks. On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake hit Japan, causing a massive tsunami that flooded the reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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