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ELECTRICITY

Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2021
U.K. and India plan to connect the world's green power grids
Linking the grids would allow parts of the world with excess renewable power to send it to areas with deficits.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2021
Fukui nuclear unit halted after missing deadline for antiterrorism steps
Kansai Electric Power Co. now aims to make the necessary changes to the Mihama No. 3 unit around September next year and restart operations in mid-October.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 22, 2021
A winter crisis raises prospect of energy blockades in Europe
EU power reserves are around 77% full — far lower what's normal for this time of year. If this winter is severe, it could leave some countries vulnerable.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2021
Power shortages a bigger concern for Japan firms in China, not Evergrande
If industrial production becomes sluggish amid the power shortfall, Japanese firms will struggle to buy the components they need and have to trim planned output, eroding their profits.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2021
China’s power crisis will affect industries worldwide
The world has become hooked on cheap Chinese power for making a host of its goods. About half of all metal is produced in China and nearly a fifth of all oil is refined there.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2021
China orders immediate jump in coal output to fight power crunch
Facing high prices and power shortages, authorities see power rationing, lagging industrial output and threats to economic growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2021
Iron battery breakthrough could eat lithium’s lunch
As the world's electric grids struggle to find ways to produce clean energy, the innovative iron battery may provide a solution.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2021
Mitsubishi invests in Laos wind farm project, the biggest in Southeast Asia
The onshore wind farm project, also described as the 'first cross-border electricity interchange from wind power generation' in the region, is aimed at fighting climate change.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 14, 2021
Japan to open bidding for Akita area offshore wind farm
Thanks to laws introduced in 2019 to encourage wind farm development, the offshore wind power market in Japan is expected to grow.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2021
Get ready for the nuclear fusion revolution
Nuclear fusion could one day mean a limitless energy source, produce no long-term waste, emit no greenhouse gases and pose no risk of meltdowns.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2021
A nuclear crisis foreseen and predicted
The U.K.'s decline in nuclear power production is due to the growing obsolescence of the nation's aging power plants — and rectifying the situation is proving difficult.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 27, 2021
Japan’s green ambitions threaten the LNG market it helped create
The country, the world's top LNG importer, called for more renewables such as wind and solar to replace natural gas in a revised plan released last week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jul 21, 2021
Japan sets 60% target for nonfossil fuel energy sources by fiscal 2030
Difficulties boosting nuclear power and increasing solar and off-shore wind mean the new energy plan's goals will be difficult to achieve, experts say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 13, 2021
Solar power to become cheaper in Japan than nuclear by 2030, government says
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry estimated the cost of generating nuclear power will rise about 10% from its previous estimate, while the cost of solar power will drop.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2021
Japan braces for surge in electricity use during scorching summer and Olympics
With many people expected to tune into the games from their air-conditioned homes, utilities are forecasting tighter reserve power ratios than usual.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2021
Looking at the world through the lens of geoenergy
Unlike fossil fuels, which can be transported over long distances in chemical form, renewable energy is static — meaning it will have to be transported in electric form.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 18, 2021
Global power grids pushed to breaking point by summer heat and rising demand
Mix extreme heat and longer droughts, surging power demand, rising fossil fuel prices and a bumpy transition into renewables, and the result is a severe global power crunch.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 1, 2021
To avoid blackouts, California’s installing more big batteries than all of China
It will be the biggest test yet of whether batteries are reliable enough to sustain a grid largely powered by renewables.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 19, 2021
Japan's February consumer price index down 0.4%, but pace of drop slows
Nationwide core consumer prices, excluding volatile fresh food items, dropped for the seventh straight month after declining 0.6% in January.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2021
Tesla is plugging a secret mega-battery into the Texas grid
While Tesla is known for its EVs, it has always been more than a car company: Its official mission is to 'accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy.”
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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