Japanese democracy: Govt likely to restart all reactors, public opinion irrelevant

Reblogged from civisjournal:

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Those who follow events in Japan might recall the meetings between Prime Minister Noda and Yukio Edano, Minister of Economy - among others. The discussions have dealt with convincing the Japanese public that restarting nuclear power plants is a necessity (1 of 54 is running). There has been some talk of possible power shortages - as there was last year. Interestingly, the massive blackouts the government and nuclear power companies had predicted in 2011 never materialised.

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