The energy industry will remember the Abe administration for some of these policies:

> Ambitious 2030 nuclear restart target

> Continued support for the atomic fuel cycle

> Establishing huge LNG infrastructure investment fund (and starting the LNG Producer-Consumer Conference) https://twitter.com/business/status/1299217476639690752">https://twitter.com/business/...
(Everyone’s tweeting about Abe, so I thought I’d join)
This Abe admin policy change was also big for LNG industry:

> New rules to allow state-owned Jogmec to support investment in LNG import terminals in other countries

In other words, Japan transforming into a country that helps foster global LNG demand https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Energy/World-biggest-importer-Japan-to-invest-in-LNG-terminals-across-Asia">https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/...
Japan’s government has also been a huge advocate for flexible LNG contracts

Their investigation into destination clauses, which concluded that some were in conflict with competition laws, helped boost the ability to divert cargoes

https://www.meti.go.jp/english/mobile/2018/20180822001en.html">https://www.meti.go.jp/english/m...
Meanwhile, Japan’s enormous power and gas markets were fully liberalised under Abe

The reform was a bid to boost competition and lower utility bills for consumers

Now, many international firms are looking to jump into the attractive market https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/07/05/editorials/electricity-and-gas-liberalization/#.X0ibF_fEnDs">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2...
While renewable power capacity jumped under the Abe administration, that was largely due to the Feed-In Tariff program that was kicked off by the previous government

However, his government has cleared the way to zone and build enormous offshore wind projects
Coal was a bit of a mixed bag under the Abe administration

Japan continues to support construction of new coal-fired power plants, and aims for it to makeup roughly 1/4th of the power mix by 2030
Japan tightened rules on financing overseas coal-fired power plants, but received criticism for not outright ending support for the dirtier fuel

Japanese companies can (and likely will) continue exporting coal technology to poorer nations https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2122073-japan-maintains-coal-export-support-policy">https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2...
There will be a lot of discussion about Abe& #39;s legacy, but I think it is fair to say that his administration played a key role in shaping Japan& #39;s energy policy through (at least) 2030

Those rules/targets will likely be maintained by his party (the LDP) and the next Prime Minister
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