Why Germany and not Japan is the leader in renewable energy | nexus

Why Germany and not Japan is the leader in renewable energy | nexus
Why have Germany and Japan, two large, and in many respects similar developed democracies pursued different energy options? A recently published study examines why Germany has become the world’s leader in renewable energy while phasing out its nuclear power and Japan has deployed only a trivial amount of renewables while constructing a record number of nuclear reactors.