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WIND

BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2020
Marubeni to launch Japan's first large-scale offshore wind power business
Marubeni Corp. is gearing up to launch what it says will be Japan's first large-scale offshore wind power generation business.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 31, 2020
Bringing Haruki Murakami's 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' to Japan's stages
Murakami's enigmatic masterpiece has been adapted for Japanese stage for the first time, with Songha and Daichi Watanabe taking on the role of Toru Okada.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 2, 2020
With coal under fire, 2020 could be a big year for wind power in Japan
One day, resource-deprived Japan may no longer have to import its energy, nor rely on nuclear power or coal, thanks to a renewable source with vast potential: offshore wind power.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2019
In the Australian Outback, answer to renewable power's top problem emerges
The answer to the renewable energy industry's biggest challenge is emerging in the Australian Outback.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2019
Germany's windmills are wildly unpopular
In renewable energy, competition from fossil fuels isn't the only problem: Local politics may be an even higher hurdle.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2019
Harvesting wind at sea could become $1 trillion industry, International Energy Agency says
Offshore wind could become a cornerstone of the world's power supply as steep cost reductions and improved technology unleash the potential of the green energy source, the International Energy Agency said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2019
The clean energy fast track
Those nations beholden to fossil fuels will soon be throwing good money after bad.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 27, 2019
Dior outfits of Hollywood legend Olivia de Havilland, 103, up for auction
A collection of 27 outfits worn by Hollywood legend Olivia de Havilland is going up for auction next month, some of which she wore on screen during her acting career more than 50 years ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2019
SoftBank's massive Vision Fund bets on Swiss startup that's using concrete blocks as batteries
SoftBank Group Corp.'s massive Vision Fund is making its first-ever energy storage bet — and it's on a rather unconventional type of battery.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Jul 6, 2019
Ryo: A frame of mind to beat the heat
The first of a four-part series that focuses on traditional ways to mitigate the heat of a Japanese summer.
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
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.
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Mar 2, 2019
Japan Times 1969: Exploding balloons injure eight people
By the violent wind Wednesday evening, two large, two-storied buildings at the Tokyo Medical College at Higashi-Okubo that were being erected, and one of them almost completed, were blown down and destroyed. In the suburbs, several small houses tumbled down.
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
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2019
Australia's solar and wind boom looks to power past grid woes in 2019
Australia's wind and solar boom looks set to power through 2019 following a record year, despite grid constraints and extra scrutiny from network operators to make sure new projects don't spark blackouts like ones that hit two years ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2018
Maersk Tankers tests wind-driven rotor sails in bid to cut fuel bills
Maersk Tankers is testing the use of wind power to fuel its ships, a new technology it says can cut fuel consumption by up to 10 percent and help the industry reduce polluting emissions.

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