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RENEWABLES

BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2019
U.K. offshore wind to get $127 million fund to boost growth
The U.K. offshore wind industry is to get a £100 million ($127 million) fund to spur growth in the next decade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2019
Japan must exit coal
The government should shake itself free from lobby groups and establish the nation as a world leader in the shift toward renewables
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 24, 2019
In energy fight in Ohio, billionaire Koch and environmentalists are on the same side
The Sierra Club and billionaire Charles Koch have found at least one thing to agree on: They hate Ohio's plan to take away renewable power subsidies and give them to coal and nuclear plants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 9, 2019
Answer to climate change will be found in labs, Exxon Mobil CEO says
For Darren Woods, Exxon Mobil Corp.'s chief executive officer, the answer to climate change won't be found in solar panels or high-profile global accords, but rather in a U.S. government laboratory.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 23, 2019
Jera eyes role as global renewable leader but says coal will still play role in Japan's energy mix
With the integration of existing thermal power plants of its parents Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and Chubu Electric Power Co. completed on April 1, Jera Co. has completed the last step of unifying the full value chain from upstream fuel and power trading to power generation.
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2019
Police in Georgia clash with gorge-dwelling protesters hoping to block hydro plant
Georgian police used tear gas and rubber bullets on Sunday to break up a protest by residents of a mountainous region against the construction of a hydropower plant, the independent Rustavi-2 TV station reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2019
Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell 1.2% in fiscal 2017 as use of renewables increased
Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell 1.2 percent in fiscal 2017 — a fourth straight year of decline — as the use of renewable energy increased, the Environment Ministry said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2019
European utilities contemplating a future in which oil has gone the way of the dinosaurs
European oil companies have started to address what they worry may one day be an existential threat to their business — the end of a century of oil demand growth in a low carbon world.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 23, 2019
Tepco unit to tie up with JXTG on hydrogen production for fuel-cell vehicles
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s thermal power generation unit will team up with a subsidiary of JXTG Holdings Inc. to start producing hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles in 2020.
EDITORIALS
Mar 13, 2019
Japan's post-3/11 energy policy
The government needs to flesh out its goal of turning renewables into a primary source of power supply with concrete steps to make that happen.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 13, 2019
Eleven EU states have already met their 2020 renewable energy targets, data shows
The European Union produced 17.5 percent of its power needs from renewable sources in 2017, while 11 of the bloc's 28 members had already achieved a 2020 goal of 20 percent or more, the latest data released by Eurostat showed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 30, 2019
Renewable energy surge in power-hungry Africa faces a short-out: Not enough trained workers
In sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 600 million people still lack access to electricity, off-grid renewable power is seen as one of the fastest ways to get energy where it's needed, particularly to remote and rural areas where many Africans live.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 27, 2019
Germany to phase out coal by 2038 in move away from fossil fuels
Germany should shut down all of its coal-fired power plants by 2038 at the latest, a government-appointed commission said on Saturday, proposing at least €40 billion ($45.7 billion) in aid to regions affected by the phase-out.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 24, 2019
Root and branch reform: Swedish scientist makes fuel from tree waste
Could tree roots, twigs and branches one day be used to power cars? That's the hope of a Swedish researcher who has developed a pulp byproduct that — on a modest scale — does just that.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2018
Japanese firms are among the foreign investors betting on India's green energy push
Foreign investment in India's renewable energy sector has picked up speed in the last four years, with investors including Japanese firms laying down big bets on the country's green energy push.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 24, 2018
Despite climate pledges, China struggles to break coal habit
In a former mining district in eastern China, authorities have shut dozens of pits and invested billions of yuan to resculpt the broken landscape, creating gardens, forest walks and wetland parks, as well as a small museum dedicated to coal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2018
Energy transfer between regions offers hope as Japan's utilities struggle to balance renewable supplies
Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s recent acknowledgment that it had restricted third-party solar power supplies for two days underscores Japan's need to boost its transmission capacity between regions.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2018
Fearing blackouts, Kyushu Electric asks solar power generators to suspend generation
Kyushu Electric Power Co. asks solar power operators in its service area to suspend the generation of electricity to prevent oversupply and potential large-scale blackouts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2018
The end of coal could be closer than it looks
Despite a pessimistic forecast, it's possible to meet consumption-cut targets on the current path.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 19, 2018
Climate change: A race against time
Utilizing Japan's superior technology and expertise in clean energy, we must step up to take a lead in the global fight to save the Earth.
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.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
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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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.
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