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ENERGY

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2022
One answer to Europe’s energy crisis? More electric cars.
About 350 U.K. residents have been pumping electricity from their vehicles to surrounding homes since 2018.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 20, 2022
Putin to allow inspectors to visit Russian-occupied nuclear plant
The French president's office said Moscow had 'reconsidered' a demand that the International Atomic Energy Agency travel through Russia to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear site.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2022
Japanese utilities consider renewing deal with new Sakhalin operator
Russian energy giant Gazprom has a stake of around 50% in Sakhalin-2, with Japanese trading houses Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. holding 12.5% and 10% stakes, respectively.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2022
Poorer nations face unrest as wealthy countries snap up fuel
Already, gas deliveries that were scheduled for Pakistan or India are being redirected to Europe, where buyers are able to afford higher prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2022
Japan utilities get contract offer from new Russian operator of Sakhalin-2
The Russian entity replaces the project operator Sakhalin Energy as Moscow rewrites rules for foreign firms operating in the country amid global sanctions after its invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2022
How to win friends and drain Russia’s war machine
By establishing a buyers' cartel to impose a price cap on Russian crude, the West could achieve its goal of defunding Russia's war machine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 17, 2022
Japan’s trade gap hits record on commodities impact and weak yen
The record deficit bodes ill for Japan's economic recovery, as higher import bills especially for energy and food can cool domestic activity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 16, 2022
Net-zero and Russia war drive nascent hydrogen economy
Green hydrogen is in sharp focus as governments seek to slash carbon emissions amid record-high temperatures and to safeguard energy supplies hit by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2022
Fukushima chemical waste moved to Hokkaido for detoxification
Around 10 people including members of a citizens' group protested against the delivery of the waste.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 15, 2022
Ukraine counters in the south as Russia pounds Donetsk region
Kyiv has said for weeks it is planning a counteroffensive to recapture Zaporizhzhia and neighboring Kherson province, the largest part of the territory Russia has seized.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 14, 2022
Asian gas prices rally on rush by Japan to secure winter supplies
Supply disruptions from Russia to the U.S. have importers worried that there won't be enough natural gas for everyone when demand peaks in the northern hemisphere winter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2022
U.K. coal mine dilemma pits energy crisis against green goals
The project has highlighted the broader dilemma facing the country's next leader over how to balance green goals with the upheaval of fuel supplies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 14, 2022
Dark thoughts haunt Ukrainians in shadow of nuclear crisis
Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya power plant — Europe's biggest — has been on the front line since it was captured by Russia in March.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 13, 2022
Shelling of Ukraine nuclear plant raising fears and outrage
The war in Ukraine has had no shortage of devastation, yet the repeated shelling of the sprawling Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in recent days has particularly roused widespread fears.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2022
Kishida considering more moves to cope with inflation after Cabinet revamp
Kishida said price hikes are having a 'huge impact' on companies and consumers, telling a government meeting that he will instruct officials to implement relief steps 'seamlessly.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2022
42% of major firms see Japan economy slowing down on rising prices
The survey of 114 companies found that Japanese blue chips are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the country's economic outlook.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2022
With renewables hit by tariffs and supply-chain woes, U.S. coal plants delay closures
Brochures showing beaches on Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, tend not to show a coal-fired power plant now set to remain open there for years longer than planned.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2022
Germany looks like it is ready to begin a fourth nuclear exit
A wrongheaded phase-out of nuclear power plus a wrongheaded reliance on Putin's natural gas means Germany needs another U-turn.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 11, 2022
Ukraine accuses Russia of using nuclear plant for deadly rocket attack
Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of imperiling the plant, Europe's largest nuclear complex, with attacks nearby.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 11, 2022
Japan's new industry minister vows to boost use of nuclear power amid energy challenges
'In order to secure stable energy supply, we will explore all necessary options including taking advantage of nuclear power after safety is assured,' Yasutoshi Nishimura said.
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.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
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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Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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