LIST OF FIGURES
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Fig. 5.1
Asahi Shinbun: The timing of nuclear phaseout? (Source
Author created figure based on data from various issues
of Asahi Shinbun)
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Fig. 5.2
Asahi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun polls on nuclear
restarts (Source Author created figure based on data
from various issues of Asahi Shinbun and Yomiuri
Shimbun)
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Fig. 5.3
Consumer attitudes about being able to choose
an electricity supplier (Source Author created figure based
on data from Yamazaki [2014])
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Fig. 5.4
Reasons respondents are negative or neutral
about choosing their electricity supplier (Note
Follow-up question asked of the 36% who answered:
Neutral, Negative, or Strongly Negative in results
depicted in Fig. 5.3. Respondents could only choose
one reason as most important, but multiple secondary
reasons. Source Author created figure based on data
from Yamazaki [2014])
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Fig. 6.1
Electricity price structure. *Sales cost includes operating
costs, management of supply and demand, etc. Figure
created by Yuki Takebuta, translated by Eivind Lande
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Fig. 6.2
Supporting local energy producers through
the consumer’s electricity bill (Source Figure created
by author, translated by Eivind Lande)
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Fig. 6.3
Household consumer segments on switching power
suppliers and interest in renewable energy (REN) (Source
Figure created by author, translated by Eivind Lande)
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Fig. 6.4
Movement among targeted household consumer segments
regarding interest in renewable energy (REN) (Note
Percentage belonging to each group in parenthesis. Source
Figure created by author, translated by Eivind Lande)
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