China News Agency, Beijing, July 14th. Tokyo News: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at a press conference held at the Prime Minister's residence on the evening of the 14th that in order to deal with the risk of power shortages that may exist this winter, 10 thermal power plants will be restarted. It is possible to restart old nuclear power plants in many places, leaving up to 9 nuclear power plants in operation.
According to the "Asahi Shimbun" report, Kishida Fumio said that in this winter, in order to ensure the power supply equivalent to 10% of Japan's total electricity consumption, he has given instructions to Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Koichi Hagiita to promote the restart of nuclear power plants, which is planned to be completed this year. Winter keeps up to nine nuclear power plants in operation.
In addition, in order to ensure a stable power supply even during peak power consumption, Fumio Kishida also requested the restart of 10 thermal power plants.
According to the "Sankei Shimbun" report, Kishida Fumio said that he will go all out to ensure a stable power supply.
He also appealed to the public not to reluctantly save electricity and to use air conditioners rationally to tide over the difficulties in order to prevent heat stroke.
Affected by rare high-temperature weather and aging thermal power stations, Japan may face a continuous shortage of power supply this summer.
Japan started a three-month national power saving period from July 1.
This is the first time since 2015 that the Japanese government has made a nationwide power-saving requirement.
On March 11, 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake occurred in the waters near Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, and a huge tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, causing the cores of Units 1 to 3 of the nuclear power plant to melt down.
Since then, most nuclear power plants in Japan have been shut down, and the government has repeatedly made demands to save electricity.
In 2016, some nuclear power plants in Japan restarted.
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