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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2017
Japan’s mega-banks vie for top role as backers of clean energy
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. are in a neck-and-neck race to be the biggest lead arrangers of lending to the renewable energy industry in the first half of the year, highlighting the more active financing role for Japanese banks in clean energy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2017
Trump rebrands predecessor’s policy to push U.S. ‘energy dominance’ as exporter
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday launched what he called a “golden era” of energy policy seeking to assert power abroad through a boost in natural gas, coal and petroleum exports.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2017
New Tepco chief reaffirms Fukushima commitment, but underscored need for plant restarts
Dealing with the aftermath of nuclear disaster at Fukushima No.1 power plant remains the most important mission for Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., Tomoaki Kobayakawa, Tepco’s new president, said Friday, but he also stressed the need to restart nuclear plants for the sake of continuing the...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2017
World’s biggest wind turbine maker Vestas sets sights on Asia-Pacific, Middle East markets
The chief executive officer of Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems A/S says the world’s biggest wind turbine maker wants to expand in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region as it taps into growing demand for renewable energy in new markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2017
Panasonic cranks up market exposure for home fuel of the future
Panasonic Corp. will begin selling its residential fuel cell systems in the U.K. and Austria this year as it seeks to solidify its lead in a product category that some see as a stepping stone to harnessing hydrogen as the fuel of the future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2017
With eye to grabbing slice of market, China focuses on developing small nuclear reactors
China is betting on new, small-scale nuclear reactor designs that could be used in isolated regions, on ships and even aircraft as part of an ambitious plan to wrest control of the global nuclear market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 30, 2017
Norway takes on Australia in bid to fulfill Japan’s hydrogen society dream
Norway and Australia race each other to show they can supply Japan with hydrogen, which has ambitions of becoming the first nation to be significantly fueled by the superclean energy source.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Apr 23, 2017
In collaboration with Starbucks, Kobe brews a renewable energy source
Coffee drinkers in Kobe who are wondering what they can do to help the environment and support local renewable energy projects might consider heading to a Starbucks.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2017
NRA commissioner Fuketa nominated to take over at atomic regulator
The government on Tuesday said it has nominated Toyoshi Fuketa, a commissioner of the country’s nuclear watchdog, to take the top post at the regulator, in the first change of leadership since it was revamped after the Fukushima disaster.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2017
Russia turns iffy on Japan gas future as Abe heads to Moscow
Russia’s Gazprom PJSC isn’t confident in Japan’s future as a growing natural gas user, which may damp prospects of a proposed pipeline between the countries as Premier Shinzo Abe travels to Moscow later this month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 4, 2017
Gas giants share OPEC’s shale pain as U.S. supply flows to Asia
OPEC isn’t the only decades-old energy hegemony being turned on its head by U.S. shale.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 26, 2017
How corruption is fueling climate change
Corruption ensures that moneyed and powerful interests are free from rules that hold them in check, and explains why governments have so far fallen short of upholding their commitments to reduce emissions.
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2017
German scientists test world’s ‘largest artificial sun’
Scientists in Germany are testing what they describe as “the world’s largest artificial sun,” which they hope could pave the way toward creating hydrogen to use as a green fuel.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 16, 2017
Troubled waters? India fast-tracks hydro projects in disputed Kashmir
India has fast-tracked hydropower projects worth $15 billion in Kashmir in recent months, three federal and state officials said, ignoring warnings from Islamabad that power stations on rivers flowing into Pakistan will disrupt water supplies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2017
Japan’s power producers to face china coal pain after steel
First it was Japan’s steel makers, now it’s the nation’s power producers that are set to pay for China’s coal policies.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2017
Revolutionary disruption coming to the energy sector
New storage technologies are going to lead to a gargantuan shake-up of the energy industry, sending nuclear to the back seat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 6, 2017
In China’s rustbelt, displaced heavy industry workers lose hope in the wake of massive downsizing
After protests by unpaid coal miners made headlines around the world last year as China’s parliament was meeting, a $15 billion assistance fund offered by the ruling Communist Party became a symbol of the government’s need to ensure social stability.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 20, 2017
Tepco and Chubu Electric may integrate thermal power biz in 2018
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and Chubu Electric Power Co. are considering integrating their thermal power generation business in fiscal 2018, a report said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2017
Fukushima fuel-removal quest leaves trail of dead robots
The latest robot attempting to find the 600 tons of nuclear fuel and debris that melted down six years ago in the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant met its end in less than a day.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2017
Reactor renaissance stymied by costly delays, strict safety regimens
Costly delays, growing complexity and new safety requirements in the wake of the three meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 plant are conspiring to thwart a new age of nuclear reactor construction.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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