ABSTRACT
After the March 2012 earthquake and tsunami incident, though Japan soon rebuilt its highway, however, the villages and towns that had been swept away were harder to reestablish. The disaster killed nearly 19,000 people, devastated towns, and caused a meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that kept the island nation on tenterhooks. This incident has made its people wary of relying on nuclear energy in the future. Japan was well prepared to face tough times but probably not the worst. The nuclear power plants were built to withstand quakes and tsunamis that Japan has suffered many times, however, the recent tsunami was bigger in magnitude than the country has witnessed during the past 1000 years. Before the 2012 disaster, roughly 30% of Japan’s electricity came from nuclear power, however, post disaster, the Japanese government is rethinking over the continuation and expansion of its nuclear technology program. The disaster has not only left the Japanese government thinking of renewable energy as alternatives, but it also has reafrmed the faith of other nations on sustainable renewable alternatives to replace the diminishing fossil fuels.
