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PETROLEUM

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2021
Clean crude? Oil firms use offsets to claim green barrels.
Oil-and-gas companies worldwide are increasingly trying to market their products as cleaner using a range of controversial methods, including buying credits.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2020
Australia's oil industry faces new indigenous heritage test
Indigenous artifacts found on the seabed do not enjoy the same protection as the wrecks of ships or aircraft.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2020
Creditors at odds with shareholders over Seven & I's Speedway mega-deal
The bond market is raising questions about what the price tag would mean for the company's relatively strong credit ratings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 4, 2020
Seven & I deal shows store sales make gas-stations appealing despite virus
'The disadvantage of not winning this bid would have been other competitors expanding their business,” said the president of the 7-Eleven Inc. U.S. operation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 3, 2020
7-Eleven owner to buy Marathon’s Speedway gas stations for $21 billion
Seven & I shares fell as much as 8.4 percent in early trading, the biggest intraday decline since March.
BUSINESS
Dec 25, 2017
Kuwait Petroleum Corp. signs 15-year LNG import deal with Shell
Kuwait Petroleum Corp. signed a 15-year liquefied natural gas import deal with Royal Dutch Shell PLC to help the oil exporting nation meet growing domestic energy demand.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2016
The danger of oil dictators falling like dominos
This year promises to be interesting — and harrowing — if you happen to be a dictator clinging to power in an oil-exporting country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2016
Brace for the coming wave of oil-crunch refugees
Oil wealth can be both a blessing and a curse.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2015
OPEC decision reflects new oil market reality
OPEC's decision on Friday not to cut production was entirely predictable and the only practical option open to its members.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 2, 2014
Mitsubishi, Mitsui pull out of deal to buy Aussie LNG
Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsui & Co. have withdrawn from an agreement to buy liquefied natural gas from Woodside Petroleum Ltd.'s Browse venture in Australia after delays to the project.
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.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
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.
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.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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