Apparently, some people thought that it was a good idea to build a Nuclear_Power_Plant close to an earthquake faultline.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/22/japan-set-to-restart-worlds-biggest-nuclear-power-plant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant#Site_layout Plus, built it closer to sea level so that it could be more vulnerable to a tsunami.
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/place/403203/earthquakes/date/largest.html
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h20002
Perhaps there is a kind of wishful thinking going on, a belief that there won't be anymore big earthquakes in Japan. Just rub your tummy and pat the top of your head and all such dangers go away, because it could never happen again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_earthquake
While many want it to be fully dismantled, others want to boot it up again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant#Dismantling_of_reactors
https://earthquaketrack.com/p/japan/fukushima/biggest
Perhaps if it can be built back better and bigger, there can be an even greater chance for it to become another disaster zone.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-of-2011
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japan-population-decline-60-minutes/
With less people being born in JAPAN, one might think that there will be less of a demand for energy.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/4199
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/07/asia/japan-biggest-population-decline-record-intl-hnk
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74dnzr4jdvo
https://www.dw.com/en/japan-sees-record-drop-in-population-in-2024/a-73562758
