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ENERGY 3

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 10, 2023
SMBC to end corporate finance for coal mining by 2040, but trade finance remains
Critics have previously pointed to the ambiguity on corporate financing, potentially providing a loophole for banks lending to pure-play coal miners.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2023
Inpex sees 2023 net profit down by 38% on weaker oil and stronger yen
Japan's top exploration and production company sees the average Brent oil price falling to $75 per barrel in 2023 from $99 per barrel last year.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2023
Japan NRA delays decision on nuclear reactor operating life
Under the current nuclear regulation, the maximum operating period for nuclear reactors is set at 40 years in principle and 60 years if approved by the regulator.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2023
Lost Russian oil revenue is bonanza for shippers and refiners
Western sanctions on Russia have significantly reduced state oil revenues and diverted tens of billions of dollars toward shipping and refining firms, some with Russian connections.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2023
Solar panels are the U.S. Midwest’s new cash crop as green energy booms
Ohio and Indiana — two Republican-led U.S. states long dependent on coal power — are set to see major expansion of solar farms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2023
Adani’s crisis points to big risk in India's net-zero plan
Adani’s rapid downfall may undermine investor confidence in India more broadly, threatening to curb capital flows into the nation for green financing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2023
France seeks strategy as nuclear waste site risks saturation point
While more nuclear energy can help France and other countries reduce planet-warming emissions, environmental campaigners say it replaces one problem with another.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2023
Oil’s new map: How India turns Russian crude into the West’s fuel
New Delhi has faced little public blowback because it’s meeting the West’s twin goals of crimping Moscow’s energy revenue while preventing an oil supply shock.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Feb 5, 2023
Germany's Olaf Scholz is learning that it’s not easy going green
Under the leader's stewardship, German industry is struggling to find new technologies and trade partners to provide the backbone for the coming green transformation.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2023
Japan to be more proactive in selecting disposal sites for nuclear waste
The basic policy on the handling of highly radioactive waste from nuclear power plants is to be revised for the first time since 2015.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2023
Asia faces shortage of ships to install massive offshore wind farms
The situation is only going to get worse as blades get longer and require bigger ships to handle them.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2023
The British offshore wind firm hoping to win big on Japan’s 'trump card'
As more overseas companies arrive in the Asia Pacific in search of opportunities in the renewables industry, one U.K. firm sees Japan as the ideal base for regional growth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2023
What to expect from the next round of globalization
There is growing support for the idea that the world is experiencing not 'deglobalization' but rather 're-globalization,' owing to accelerating changes in energy and technology.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2023
Russia can’t replace the energy market Putin broke
Russia's European network of gas fields and pipelines developed at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars has been effectively thrown away due to the war in Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 28, 2023
Cracking under pressure: Inside the race to fix France’s nuclear plants
Complicated procedures, replicated across sites this winter, have hampered the ability of Electricite de France to get the country's nuclear reactors back online after lengthy shutdowns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2023
Nissan and Hitachi look to charge elevators with EV batteries
Nissan Motor and a Hitachi subsidiary said Friday they plan to roll out a system to keep elevators running during blackouts by drawing power from the batteries of electric vehicles (EVs).
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jan 27, 2023
India's embrace of electric vehicles spurs expectations of earlier fuel-demand peak
EV sales are picking up and investment in the production of new autos and energy infrastructure is accelerating in the nation.
How Bashar Assad's inner circle fled Syria after his fall
Syrians step on posters of Bashar Assad and his father, Hafez Assad, in Homs, Syria, on Tuesday.
Zelenskyy to replace Ukraine ambassador to Japan
Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky delivers a speech during a handover ceremony of Self-Defense Force vehicles to Ukraine, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, in May last year.
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Honda and Nissan consider mutual production of vehicles, report says
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in October 2023.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
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.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
Is Japan finally ready to tap its abundant geothermal energy potential?
Steam rises from a geothermal plan in Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture. Despite its long history and potential, geothermal provided just 0.3% of Japan's overall energy mix in the fiscal year from April 2023
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
North Korea aiding Russia where it needs it most, Canadian general says
North Korean special forces soldiers march and shout slogans during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of the country's founding father, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang in April 2017.

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