Weak multilateral architecture, territorial disputes, and natural disaster vulnerability compound the unknowns of Russia’s new energy platform.

Despite some improvements, there are still lingering issues that need to be addressed.

The criminal prosecution of TEPCO is another step in the process to end nuclear power in Japan.

The country has the chance to create a more durable national energy strategy.

Tokyo’s coming plutonium glut could pose nuclear dangers, a new report warns.

Costs and complications of the cleanup underscore the magnitude of Japan’s nuclear question.

Plus Sendai disaster plans and Fukushima reconstruction progress. Weekly Japan nuclear energy links.

Tokyo hopes to make cheaper LNG and renewables the basis of its energy supply.

New technologies are available, but have yet to gain popular acceptance.

The Wall Street Journal’s Mari Iwata speaks about the future of Japan’s energy industry.

The government looks to save money while restarting new reactors. Weekend nuclear industry links.

With new storage facilities, cleanup and dismantlement may become a quicker process.

A legal restart is complicated by the government’s own guidelines, popular sentiment and poor cleanup.

As residents move back and food exports resume, the long-term stigma will be difficult to overcome.

TEPCO is running out of space to store contaminated water.

There is little reason to expect Japan’s reactors will offset its voracious new appetite for LNG.