Japan

Japan

UBE Mitsubishi Cement to Halt Kiln at Kyushu Plant by 2027

Mitsubishi Materials has announced that its 50:50 equity-method affiliate, UBE Mitsubishi Cement Corporation, formed with UBE Corporation, has approved a reorga…

Metal

Japan to Test Rare-Earth Mining From Deep Seabed Mud

Japan will conduct a month-long test to extract rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed near Minamitorishima Island, a remote location about 1,900 kilometres s…

Oil Shale

Japanese Company Buys U.S. Shale Assets for $1.3 Billion

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. (JAPEX) has agreed to acquire U.S. shale oil and gas producer Verdad Resources Intermediate Holdings for $1.3 billion. The trans…

Japan

SoftBank Delivers World-First SRv6 MUP Services on 5G Commercial Network

SoftBank announced in December 2025 that it has successfully launched limited commercial services using Segment Routing IPv6 Mobile User Plane (SRv6 MUP) techno…

Solar Battery (Storage)

AMEA Power and Kyuden Partner With IFC for Solar Battery Storage Project in Egypt

AMEA Power, in partnership with Japan's Kyuden International Corporation and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), along with other collaborators, is…

Japan

Apple Opens iPhone to Alternative App Stores in Japan

Apple announced on Wednesday that it has opened iPhones to alternative app stores in Japan in order to comply with new regulations designed to promote competiti…

Metal

JX Unit Sells Stake in Peruvian Mine to Glencore

Japan's JX Advanced Metals announced that its Pan Pacific Copper (PPC) unit has divested its full ownership in the undeveloped Quechua copper project in Peru to…

Nuclear Fusion

Japan Signs First Fusion Power PPA

Japanese fusion start-up Helical Fusion has signed the country's first-ever fusion-energy power purchase agreement (PPA) with Aoki Super, a leading supermar…

Japan

MHI Produces Hydrogen at Its Ammonia Cracking Pilot Plant Using Steam Heating

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced on Thursday that it has successfully produced 99% purity hydrogen through ammonia cracking using steam as the sole h…

Japan

Methanol Reformer to Supply Mitsubishi Gas Chemical With L18 Methanol Reformer Technology

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement with Methanol Reformer for the supply of an L18 methanol reforming system. The u…

Japan

Shimizu Port Reports 472,094 TEUs Through January–November

The Port of Shimizu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, recorded a preliminary total of 34,683 TEUs of international container throughput in November, reflec…

Australia

Australia Exports 62,708T Canola in October

Australia exported 62,708 tonnes of canola in October 2025, a sharp decline from 158,849 tonnes shipped in September, according to the latest figures released b…

LNG

Japan’s JERA Signs First Long-Term LNG Export Deal With India’s Torrent Power

Japan's largest power generation company, JERA, has concluded its first long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) export agreement with India's Torrent Powe…

Japan

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Awarded EPC Contract for Zeon’s New Cyclo-Olefin Polymer Production Plant

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has secured the full engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract from Zeon Corporation for a new Cyclo-ole…

Biofuel

Commercial Operations Begin at Sendai Port Biomass Power Plant in Japan

Sendai-ko Biomass Power GK has commenced full commercial operations at its dedicated biomass power plant located at Sendai Port in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.The …