energy
May 22, 2013
Inspired by a manga he read as a child, Mitsuru Izumo set out to develop a "magical" food capable of curing the real-world problems of hunger and malnutrition. The result—a...
May 12, 2013
With oil consumption in the Asia-Pacific region increasing more than 30 percent since 2000, Malaysia has been bolstering its role as an energy consumer and regional hub for...
April 30, 2013
MOSCOW--Diplomatic maneuvering is still expected over Japan’s imports of Russian liquefied natural gas, despite a broad agreement on bolstering economic cooperation at an...
March 31, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is stepping up diplomatic efforts to strengthen Japan's ties with a valued energy source and a strategic neighbor by visiting Mongolia, a move also...
March 16, 2013
The government began work March 15 to overhaul Japan's energy policy. A panel discussed the value of alternative power sources but pointedly ignored a pledge by the previous...
February 23, 2013
Tokyo and Moscow have reached a basic agreement on having Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visit Russia, possibly during the Golden Week of national holidays in late April and early...
February 22, 2013
Frosty relations between Japan and Russia are thawing amid word of a possible visit by Japan's prime minister—the first in 10 years—and a Kremlin proposal for talks on...
February 16, 2013
A Fukushima prefectural assembly chairman stormed out of a Liberal Democratic Party meeting on Feb. 15 after the discussion turned toward the possible restart of idle nuclear...
February 14, 2013
NEC Corp. said it has begun mass production of electrical power and home energy storage systems at its Computertechno site in Kofu.
February 08, 2013
Panasonic Corp. announced Feb. 8 it has developed an energy recovery system that improves idle-stop technology used in automobiles.
November 20, 2012
One of the most important policy issues that should be debated extensively during the campaign for the Dec. 16 Lower House election is whether to abolish nuclear power...
October 01, 2012
Japan and Russia will move to improve relations with high-level talks this autumn, ahead of a scheduled visit to Russia in December by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.
September 15, 2012
The government's pledge to pull the plug on nuclear power by the 2030s could prove to be a hollow promise, with few details yet given on how to achieve it and how to reconcile...
July 23, 2012
HONG KONG-- State oil company CNOOC plans to buy Canadian rival Nexen Inc. for $15.1 billion, a deal which if successful would be China's biggest foreign corporate takeover and ...
July 03, 2012
Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) announced on July 3 plans to save more energy this summer by installing eight additional cogeneration gas power generators and the new Toyota Total...
June 20, 2012
The central government for the first time will introduce “deliberative polling” (DP) to better reflect public opinion in compiling basic policies for nuclear power and...
May 29, 2012
A controversial option to increase Japan’s reliance on nuclear power by 2030 will be dropped from the report that is likely to form the basis of the government’s new energy ...
May 25, 2012
Japan, according to an industry ministry panel, faces five stark choices in deciding what proportion of electricity will be generated by nuclear power in 2030.
May 10, 2012
Electricity rates could double from current levels by 2030 if Japan opts to abolish nuclear power generation.
April 30, 2012
In the aftermath of the oil crises of the 1970s, Japan embarked on a program to decrease its dependence on oil by building nuclear power plants. By 2010, the country had the...