Japan needs to make the best use of existing nuclear power capacity to defy soaring electricity prices, the head of the country’s utilities group said Friday.
Serious discussions are needed on nuclear power policy as the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market may become even tighter in the event of disruption to Russian gas supply, Kazuhiro Ikebe, chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, told a news conference.
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