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ENERGY 3

Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2021
Fukushima plant owner says nuclear power needed to hit green goal
Tepco chief says nuclear energy is indispensable for the company to curb CO2 emissions 50% by fiscal 2030 from 2013 levels as boosting capacity of renewables takes time.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2021
Decade after Fukushima disaster, Greenpeace sees cleanup failure
Greenpeace said its own radiation surveys conducted over the last decade have consistently found readings above government target levels.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2021
Why global power grids are still vulnerable to cyberattacks
More than five years after massive cyberattacks left a quarter of a million Ukrainians without electricity, the world’s power grids have become even more vulnerable to hackers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2021
This company helps roughnecks find renewable energy jobs
Alfred Burt grew up following his father across the oil patches of Texas. He carried on the family tradition, working on rigs for 26 years until the pandemic crashed oil prices in April and he lost a drilling job with Apache Corp. that paid $1,600 a day.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Feb 26, 2021
Radiation criteria sow confusion for evacuees
The government has given two conflicting figures for radiation exposure levels — 20 millisieverts a year and 1 millisievert a year — triggering concern.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2021
China vows five-year plan dedicated to climate, but growth and security concerns weigh
Experts say Beijing is still likely to give regions leeway to focus on growth and build new coal-fired power stations to head off energy shortages.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 19, 2021
U.S. says it’s willing to meet with Iran over nuclear deal
The offer is a politically risky effort by Biden's administration to move past the standoff that developed during Trump's term.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 19, 2021
Texas winter freeze shows U.S. isn't ready for climate change, White House says
Washington rejected claims by Texas officials that power outages had been caused by 'green energy,' while angry residents point to the state's failure to winterize infrastructure.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2021
Upheaval is coming to South Africa over the shift away from coal
For decades almost all the electricity needed to power Africa's most industrialized economy has been produced by a fleet of aging coal-fired plants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2021
Japan's stressed power grid faces new test with Arctic blast on way
While Japan is unlikely to see millions plunged into blackouts as in the U.S. currently, the country narrowly avoided power cuts only last month in another wintry spell.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 13, 2021
Japan juggles power struggles, hotel woes and what to do with repurposed ATM spaces
The unusually cold winter this year is putting a strain on power utilities nationwide.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 11, 2021
Why it’s so hard for the solar industry to quit Xinjiang
Many are concerned about Chinese region's human rights and emissions, but cutting the area out of the supply chain for solar panels won't be so easy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2021
Japan’s Cosmo wins rights to explore for oil in Abu Dhabi
Even amid forecasts that global energy demand could peak as early as the 2030s, producers expect buyers to continue using oil for decades more as economies transition to cleaner fuels.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 10, 2021
Bolder climate action could save millions of lives each year by 2040
New research highlighted how the potential health benefits of climate action could give added impetus to countries to submit more ambitious national climate plans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2021
Wales bids for Hitachi nuclear site, report says
The government of Wales has approached Japan's Hitachi Ltd about acquiring the Horizon nuclear power project in Anglesey and its staff, The Sunday Times reported.
Human error caused JAL jet collision at Haneda Airport: safety board
The wreckage of a Japan Airlines plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Jan. 5, three days after the crash.
Japan Airlines reports cyberattack on system, impacting flights
Japan Airlines jets at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in August. On Thursday, JAL announced its systems had been targeted in a cyberattack.
Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38
In this handout picture released by Kazakhstan's emergency situations ministry, emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on Dec. 25.
Toyota to donate $1 million to Trump’s inauguration ceremony
This is set to be the first time Toyota will donate to a U.S. inauguration ceremony.
Chinese man sentenced for vandalizing Yasukuni Shrine
The entrance to Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo on Dec. 1
Step into ukiyo-e: A digital journey through Japan’s traditional art form
"Ukiyoe Immersive Art Exhibition" includes an installation of Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa.”
High levels of PFAS found in water from 44 private suppliers across Japan
The Self-Defense Forces facilities are believed to have become sources of PFAS contamination because they used firefighting foam containing the toxic chemicals in the past.
For baseball fans, 2024 brought The Summer of Shohei Ohtani
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts to a standing ovation from fans after hitting his 50th home run of the season, against the Marlins in Miami on Sept. 19.
Trump's Pentagon policy pick pushed for Japan to spend 3% of GDP on defense
Elbridge Colby (center) speaks at the Threat and the Strategy panel during the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, in September 2019.
A brief history of ‘osechi ryōri,' Japan's edible tradition for the new year
Japan's traditional New Year cuisine has a long history, though modern developments have led to slight changes in the way things work.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?
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