As Europe braces for energy shortages from Russian gas cuts, Japan’s determined weathering of its 2011 energy crisis offers survival lessons
The Fukushima nuclear reactor after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Picture: REUTERSAs Europe braces for energy shortages from Russian gas cuts, Japan’s own energy crisis a decade ago offers survival lessons to households and businesses — such as dimming the lights and taking the stairs.
The attitude of many Japanese at the time was, “we need to do something, otherwise, there’s going to be a disaster,” recalled Koichiro Tanaka of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan Intense social pressure — the kind that has ensured almost complete public compliance with mask-wearing during the Covid-19 pandemic — also played a part, he said., the operator of the Fukushima facility, lost about 40% of its power-generation capacity.
Professional baseball and soccer teams halted night games and moved matches to afternoons to reduce demand for lighting. Workplace managers raised thermostats and encouraged employees to embrace the government’s “cool biz” campaign of wearing lighter clothes in the summer.
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