Japan has notoriously been dependent on energy imports, being the world’s fifth-largest crude importer and second-largest LNG importer (having lost the top position to China last year). Its self-sufficiency ratio Continue Reading
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp’s refinery is pictured in Yokohama, Japan February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Japanese refiners plan to sell assets and speed structural reform and overseas expansion Continue Reading
China says invited by IAEA to join group over Japan’s Fukushima water plan An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power Continue Reading
Japan’s fuel imports have hit the highest level in more than two decades after series of incidents including an earthquake and a refinery fire curbed production at some of the Continue Reading
Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) signaled a shift in its climate change stance on Monday, saying it would review its lobbying and be more transparent on what steps it is Continue Reading
Japan has ambitious plans to be entirely carbon-neutral by 2050. Trouble is: It has no clear vision of how to get there. Japan’s nuclear industry was gutted by the 2011 Continue Reading
Japan will release more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear station into the sea, the government said on Tuesday, a move opposed by neighbours Continue Reading
South Korea summoned Japan’s ambassador to Seoul on Tuesday to protest the Japanese government’s plan to release huge amounts of contaminated water that have built up at the wrecked Fukushima Continue Reading
South Korea summoned Japan’s ambassador to Seoul on Tuesday to protest the Japanese government’s plan to release huge amounts of contaminated water that have built up at the wrecked Fukushima Continue Reading
About once a month, the same group of two dozen Japanese government officials, company executives and professors file into a bland white and beige conference room at the nation’s economy, trade and Continue Reading
Two fishing villages in Hokkaido are vying to host the final storage facility for half a century of Japanese nuclear waste, splitting communities between those seeking investment to stop the Continue Reading
Japan’s COVID-19 inoculation campaign is moving at a glacial pace, hampered by a lack of supply and a shortage of specialty syringes that underscore the enormous challenge it faces in Continue Reading
Japan needs steep emission reductions as soon as possible, and latest from 2030 onwards, to meet its 2050 net zero carbon targets, along with accelerated gas and power market reforms Continue Reading
Toyota Motor Corporation has developed a fuel cell system module and looks to start selling it after the spring this year in a bid to promote hydrogen use and help Continue Reading
Japan’s transport of liquefied hydrogen from Australia, which will be the first in the world, now looks to be taking place around July-August from a previous target of end-March because Continue Reading
Drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC said on Friday it had applied for approval in Japan of its COVID-19 vaccine, making it the second pharmaceutical firm to do so after Pfizer Inc. The Continue Reading
Japan’s cold spell has stoked LPG demand in city gas supply for heating, boosting imports until February, though this might not last until March, trade sources said. Receive daily email Continue Reading
japan’s Sumitomo has moved forward in its planned green hydrogen project in Gladstone, Australia, following the signing of a front end engineering and design contract with JGC Holdings, with an Continue Reading
Japan declared a one-month state of emergency in the capital, Tokyo, and three neighbouring prefectures on Thursday to stem the spread of coronavirus infections, as new daily cases surged to Continue Reading
Toyo Engineering Corporation and Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC), Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), and Itochu Corporation are partnering on a joint feasibility study of a blue ammonia Continue Reading
Japan approved a plan to help finance a long-planned coal power plant in Vietnam, despite the government’s pledge to curb overseas investments in dirtier technology and cut emissions at home. The Continue Reading
Toyota Motor Corporation announced a limited launch of the C+pod ultra-compact battery electric vehicle (BEV) to corporate users, local governments and other organizations that have been exploring new options to Continue Reading
Japan is set to enter new era of hydrogen development in 2021 as it launches the world’s first transport of liquefied hydrogen from Australia, a key step forward in the Continue Reading
While parts of the northeastern United States were getting buried by more than three feet (or around a meter) of snow this week, the high terrain of Japan dealt with about Continue Reading
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry on Dec. 8 launched a series of oil and gas policy reviews to help meet its 2050 carbon-neutral target while ensuring a stable Continue Reading
Highlights Significant amount of ammonia to be used as fuel by 2030 Discussions with the US, Australia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, IEA Developing fuel ammonia supply chain for introduction Tokyo — Continue Reading
Sony has warned the Japanese government it may have to shift manufacturing out of the country unless rules on renewable energy are relaxed, as it tries to meet the green Continue Reading
A local governor in Japan has approved plans from utility Tohoku Electric Power to restart one of its nuclear reactors that was damaged in the 2011 earthquake and the following Continue Reading
Toshiba Corp. said it will stop taking orders for new coal-fired power plants as it makes a wider push to embrace renewable energy, though it will still complete work on Continue Reading
Tucked into a port in western Japan sits a spherical tank that may soon hold the country’s energy future. The import terminal in the city of Kobe, is slated to Continue Reading
Tucked into a port in western Japan sits a spherical tank that may soon hold the country’s energy future. The import terminal in the city of Kobe, is slated to Continue Reading
Japan’s pledge to be a net-zero greenhouse gas emitter by 2050 is running into headwinds: smaller power utilities addicted to coal and natural gas. Regional electricity providers including Hokkaido Electric Power Co. and Shikoku Continue Reading
Japan will be carbon neutral by 2050, its prime minister said on Monday, making an ambitious pledge to sharply accelerate the country’s global warming targets, even as it plans to Continue Reading
Contaminated water that could soon be released into the sea from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant contains radioactive carbon with the potential to damage human DNA, environmental rights organization Continue Reading
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga set an ambitious target for his country to become carbon neutral by 2050 in his first policy speech to parliament since taking office as premier Continue Reading
Japan will promote the use of offshore wind generation and battery storage in its new effort to become carbon neutral by 2050, according to a government official, indicating how the Continue Reading
Japan will release a million tons of water used in the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, the BBC has reported , citing Japanese media. The reports add that Continue Reading
Nearly a decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan’s government has decided to release contaminated water from the destroyed plant into the sea, media reports said on Friday, with a Continue Reading
South Korea hunkered down as Typhoon Haishen travelled northwards along the country’s east coast on Monday, a day after the powerful storm battered Japan’s southern islands where four people are Continue Reading
Japan’s crude oil imports during the peak summer demand season in July tumbled to their lowest level for the month in more than five decades, a stern reminder to major Continue Reading
Temperatures soared into the triple digits and tied a national record in Japan on Monday, part of a sweltering heat wave that has swallowed the archipelago. Hamamatsu, a coastal city Continue Reading
Japan’s economy shrank slightly less in the April-June quarter than that of the U.S., but economists said it still had a long way to go before recovering from the coronavirus Continue Reading
Japan’s pandemic-hit economy shrank last quarter by the most in records going back to 1955, official data is set to show Monday, with a resurgence of the virus threatening to Continue Reading
Toyota’s profit plunged 74% in the last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic sank vehicle sales to about half of what the top Japanese automaker sold the previous year. Toyota Motor Continue Reading
How does a utility make money in the midst of one of the worst hits to power demand in modern history? By burning a little coal. At least, that’s what Kyushu Electric Continue Reading
Japan’s crude imports plunged 31% year on year to 1.91 million b/d in June, the lowest for the month in 54 years, as refiners slashed their crude throughput because of Continue Reading
Russian LNG producer Novatek said July 24 it had shipped its first cargo from the Yamal LNG project to Japan eastbound via the Northern Sea Route, giving the company scope Continue Reading
Japan’s crude imports dropped 25% year on year to 2.28 million b/d in May, the lowest for the month in 53 years as refiners had slashed their crude throughput in Continue Reading
Japanese automakers’ global sales declined 38% in May, in the third straight month of big falls as most automotive factories and dealerships remained closed due to coronavirus lockdowns. The country’s Continue Reading
Scientists from Kyushu University and Kumamoto University in Japan have developed a new catalyst capable of assisting three key reactions for using hydrogen in energy and industry. Inspired by three Continue Reading
