Round-table: Challenges of Energy Policy in Japan 30.09.2011 The Fukushima nuclear incident in 2011 rendered the current Japanese energy policy obsolete. In search of a new guideline for the future, the German example is frequently spotlighted and taken into consideration. German and Japanese policy-makers, bureaucrats and representatives of NGOs discussed future-oriented energy policies. Date: 30.9.-4.10. October 2011 List of Participants: Rolf Hempelmann, Member of the Bundestag (Social Democratic Party of Germany) Masaru KANEKO, Professor of Keio University Tomoko ABE, member of the House of Representatives, Social Democratic Party Japan Thomas Triller, counsellor of Political Affairs, German Embassy Andrew DeWit, Professor of Rikkyo University Yoshihiro Shiraiwa, Professor of Tsukuba University Martin Pohl, Professor of Tsukuba University Journalism magazine "SEKAI", Iwanami Shoten Interview in the magazine “SEKAI” (Japanese) 1 MB Interview in the magazine “SEKAI” (German) 120 KB
