May 10 Japan 'to review energy policy'
Koji Takeru stands up and adjusts his tie before addressing the House of Representatives, the lower and more powerful house of the National Diet of Japan. This is the moment of truth, his second ever speech but one that will go down in history. " Fellow members, as junior minister for energy I have been entrusted with identifying alternative power sources to see Japan into the next millennium, a quest that has taken me to every corner of our blessed archipelago and I am pleased, no, excited, honoured even to say I have unearthed something that will truly change our plans. What I am about to show you is, I believe, what the westerners call a game changer " The lights go down and a blurry video begins playing on the large screen. " What you are seeing is the inside of a cave system deep within the sea walls of Shikoku, the entrance of which was opened up by the recent earthquake, this cave system is new to mankind but look, on the wall there, a switch - I am about...