Gov't adopts power-saving plan for summer

Gov't adopts power-saving plan for summer

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura (3rd from R) and other Cabinet ministers attend a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 18, 2012, to adopt a power-saving plan for this summer. The plan asks households and businesses served by seven utilities in wide areas of Japan to voluntarily cut consumption by 5 to 15 percent from July due to an expected power shortage in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

Concerns remain over widespread power-saving targets

Concerns remain over widespread power-saving targets

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Cabinet ministers hold a meeting on energy and the environment at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 14, 2012. In anticipation of tight electricity supply conditions in the summer of 2012 without nuclear energy, the government has taken the unusual step of drafting numerical targets for reduced power usage in extensive areas served by seven of Japan's 10 utilities.

Gov't adopts power-saving plan for summer

Gov't adopts power-saving plan for summer

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura (3rd from R) and other Cabinet ministers attend a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 18, 2012, to adopt a power-saving plan for this summer. The plan asks households and businesses served by seven utilities in wide areas of Japan to voluntarily cut consumption by 5 to 15 percent from July due to an expected power shortage in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Kyodo)

Concerns remain over widespread power-saving targets

Concerns remain over widespread power-saving targets

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Cabinet ministers hold a meeting on energy and the environment at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 14, 2012. In anticipation of tight electricity supply conditions in the summer of 2012 without nuclear energy, the government has taken the unusual step of drafting numerical targets for reduced power usage in extensive areas served by seven of Japan's 10 utilities. (Kyodo)