Where is U.S.-China tech competition headed? How are other countries being impacted as a result? In what ways are they reassessing their relationships with the world’s largest economic superpowers? Join FP’s Ravi Agrawal in conversation with Wang for a discussion about China’s technological rise and whether U.S. Wang writes a widely followed annual letter of reflections here are links to his letters from 2020, 2021, and 2022. Japans government has agreed to a plan to ensure that the operator of crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant can meet the massive costs of compensating people affected by the crisis. And sometimes China’s strategy beats America’s. In response, China has accelerated its own efforts to develop its technological industry and reduce its dependence on external imports.Īccording to Dan Wang, a technology expert and visiting scholar at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center, China’s tech competitiveness is grounded in manufacturing capabilities. Japan has poured billions of dollars into recovery from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
U.S.-led sanctions have imposed unprecedented limits on Beijing’s access to advanced computing c. Over the last few years, the United States has moved to limit China’s technological rise. US-China-Tech-Wars-Dan-Wang-FPLive-Site-1500x100 Who will win the AI race? What does it mean for critical minerals and mining? How will it impact global trade, sanctions, and great-power competition? To discuss his lead essay in FP’s summer print issue, “The Scramble for AI”, join FP’s Ravi Agrawal in conversation with Paul Scharre, author of Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. AI is already impacting warfare and deterrence, and the immense amount of computing power required to stay ahead of the curve is driving foreign-policy choices for major economies. Show more ct a primary geopolitical concern. But while most public conversations about AI center around productivity and jobs, the race to dominate technology is in fa. Only FP subscribers can submit questions for FP Live interviews.Īll of a sudden, everyone is talking about artificial intelligence. “This approach is in line with IEA’s recent analysis,” he tweeted. Support for nuclear power now exceeds 60 percent, he said, its highest level since Fukushima.įatih Birol, the current IEA chief, expressed his support for the move, saying that he was “very encouraged” by the announcement. Public sentiment has also broadly shifted in favor of a restart, former International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Nobuo Tanaka said earlier in August. In June, Kishida said he wanted to restart reactors in order to evade possible winter power shortages, a push that will be catalyzed by his latest decision. These strains became especially clear as the threat of blackouts loomed this summer, prompting Tokyo authorities to warn of tight supplies and urge the public to slash electricity use.
“As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the global energy situation has drastically changed,” Kishida told reporters. The country’s precarious energy position, which has been worsened by the war in Ukraine, has forced Tokyo to reevaluate its options. But after the 2011 meltdown, which was sparked by an earthquake and tsunami and resulted in the worst disaster since Chernobyl, Japan closed the majority of its reactors and stopped building new ones, essentially shunning nuclear power-until now. The country’s challenges also offer a window into how Europe’s energy crisis is sending shock waves across the world and transforming the global energy landscape.Īt the time of Fukushima, nuclear power accounted for roughly one-third of Japan’s electricity sources. Kishida’s announcement signifies a major energy policy shift in Japan, where nuclear power has been a fraught issue since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. But, he added, such a decision is “hugely politically contentious. Opposition parties and civic groups are criticizing the governments decision to present a media briefing every weekday on Japans planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima. “They’re looking at their own energy security, and bringing back more nuclear generation is one way to do that,” said Alex Munton, an expert on global gas markets at Rapidan Energy Group, a consultancy. Japanese officials have been directed to develop policy measures by the end of the year, he added. jnLGdP.Japan is pivoting back to nuclear power in order to cope with surging energy prices, more than a decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster pushed Tokyo to shutter reactors and halt new development.Īs the global energy crisis deepens, Japan will restart idle plants and potentially increase some reactors’ life spans and build next-generation reactors, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Wednesday. Energy prices bring back support in Japan for nuclear power
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