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US, Japan announce $40B nuclear power project

The United States and Japan announced Thursday a $40 billion project to build nuclear reactors in Tennessee and Alabama, after a meeting of the two countries’ …

United States

IHI and GE Vernova achieve milestone with 100% ammonia combustion in large scale test

IHI Corporation (IHI) and GE Vernova announced that they have successfully tested 100% ammonia combustion in a GE Vernova F-class gas turbine. The emission leve…

Ohio Natural Gas Power Project Launches First Energy Cooperation Under U.S.-Japan Investment Framework

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on Tuesday that a planned 92-gigawatt natural gas power complex near Portsmouth, Ohio, is one of the first projects un…

Chiyoda Corporation Secures FEED Contract for Qatar's North Field West LNG Project

The Japanese engineering company Chiyoda Corporation has recently secured a new contract for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. The project is commissioned …

TEPCO May Restart World's Largest Nuclear Plant Reactor

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) may restart a reactor at the world's largest nuclear power plant, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, this Wednesday after co…

Japan’s first floating offshore wind farm powers up

Japan’s first commercial offshore wind farm, Goto, has commenced operations.The Goto Floating Wind Farm consortium (SPC) said the wind farm, which started…

China

Yang Ming’s Dry Bulk Arm Lines up Ultramax Quartet at Japanese Yards

Kuang Ming Shipping, the dry bulk subsidiary of Taiwanese liner group Yang Ming Marine Transport, has placed orders for four ultramax bulk carriers at Japanese …

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…