Aoki suggests a new approach to Japan's power industry

Aoki suggests a new approach to Japan's power industry

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Tokyo Electric Power Company's Tama substation in Tokyo.
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As the one-year anniversary of Japan's Great Tohoku Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear disaster approaches, Stanford economist Masahiko Aoki says now is an opportune time to restructure the country's electric power industry.