Japan

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 …

Nuclear Fusion

FAST Fusion Project Completes Conceptual Design

Starlight Engine (SLE) and Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) have completed the conceptual design phase for FAST, Japan's first privately led fusion power demonstrati…

LNG

Venture Global, Tokyo Gas Sign 20-Year LNG Supply Deal

Venture Global announced on Tuesday that it has entered into a 20-year sales and purchase agreement with Tokyo Gas, Japan’s leading city gas supplier. Und…

Japan

Inoex Opens Japan's First Integrated Hydrogen and Blue Ammonia Demonstration Plant

Inpex Corporation has officially inaugurated the Kashiwazaki Hydrogen Park in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The integrated facility includes a bl…

Nuclear Reactor

Niigata Governor Consents to Restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Reactors

Niigata Prefecture Governor Hideyo Hanazumi has approved the restart of units 6 and 7 at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (Tepco) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear…

China

COSCO Sells Vintage VLCC for Steep Discount

COSCO Shipping has sold the 2006-built, scrubber-fitted VLCC Cosgrand Lake (299,000 dwt) for around $35 million to undisclosed buyers, shipbrokers report.The Ja…

LNG

Venture Global Inks 20-Year LNG Supply Deal With Japan’s Mitsui

Venture Global (VG.N) announced on Tuesday that it has signed a long-term agreement with Japan’s trading company Mitsui (8031.T) to supply 1.0 million ton…

Japan

Japan’s Rice Prices on Rise Again in Test for New Prime Minister

At a farmer’s market near Tokyo, more than 100 shoppers queued for the chance to buy Japanese rice at 500 yen ($3.32) per kilogram by carefully piling gra…

Biorefinery

Petronas, Enilive, Euglena Start Construction of New Biorefinery in Malaysia

A joint venture between Malaysia’s Petronas (PETR.KL), Italy’s Eni (ENI.MI) through its biofuel subsidiary Enilive, and Japan’s Euglena (2931.…