In 2016, unprecedented torrential rains claimed dozens of lives across Japan. This essay argues that climate change, energy policy distortion, and long-standing anti-nuclear activism—promoted by Asahi Shimbun and aligned intellectuals—must be confronted in light of the IEA’s World Energy Investment 2016 report.

2016-09-15
The following is from page 6 of today’s Nikkei newspaper.
Readers of this article should once again recognize that everything I have said regarding the anti-nuclear movement has been entirely correct.
Even in the section concerning “World Energy Investment 2016,” the first report to analyze global energy investment, I was able to reconfirm the childish maliciousness of the Asahi Shimbun.
That is because they have exploited the fact that no such report had previously existed.
For example, just as in their reporting on neighboring countries, they have failed to convey realities—that is, facts—that is, the truth, and through kindergarten-level distorted thinking, they have implanted and unconsciously cultivated pseudo-moralism within the Japanese people.
As I have repeatedly stated, the magnitude of the enormous damage and losses caused by this is immeasurable.
For example, this year, Japan as a whole suffered torrential rain damage in a manner that no one had ever experienced before.
With regard to the deaths of dozens of citizens across Japan, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Asahi Shimbun, the so-called cultural figures who have aligned themselves with it, and those who have continued to advocate anti-nuclear positions in sympathy with them, must consider that they themselves killed these people.
This is because the abnormal weather that killed them is, by now, clearly the result of global warming, obvious to anyone.
Those who chose the governor in Kagoshima in question, and those who have continued to choose Izumida in Niigata, must engage in deep self-reflection.
Some parts of the headline and emphasis within the text are mine.
Shift toward renewable energy and nuclear power IEA report Climate measures continue despite low crude oil prices
[London = Yasuo Takeuchi]
In a report on global energy investment released on the 14th, the International Energy Agency (IEA) showed that investment is gradually shifting toward fields with lower greenhouse gas emissions, such as energy conservation, renewable energy, and nuclear power generation.
Even as crude oil prices decline, countries are moving to switch to energy sources that emit fewer greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2).
According to “World Energy Investment 2016,” the first report to analyze global energy investment, total investment in energy in 2015 amounted to 1.8 trillion dollars (approximately 185 trillion yen), an 8 percent real decline year on year.
Low crude oil prices dampened investment in oil and natural gas development.
Total investment in renewable energy such as wind and solar amounted to 313 billion dollars, of which 290 billion dollars was related to power generation.
While annual investment over the past five years has not changed significantly, technological advances and mass production have reduced costs, and generation capacity has increased by 33 percent.
As renewable energy spreads, investment in transmission networks, which are essential for grid stability, reached 260 billion dollars.
Investment in grid-related storage batteries expanded tenfold compared with 2010.
Investment in nuclear power reached its highest level in the past 20 years, exceeding 20 billion dollars.
This was driven by construction being pushed forward in China, which accounted for about 70 percent on a generation capacity basis.
China is also promoting the introduction of renewable energy and has become the world’s largest energy investment country.
[Omitted]
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