Japan

Coal-Fired Power Plants

APPEC Japan’s JERA Considering Vietnam Gas-Fired Power Plant Investment

The logo of JERA Co., Inc., the world's biggest LNG buyer, is displayed at the company office in Tokyo, Japan July 14, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo P…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Joyo Fast Reactor Prepares for Restart

Japan’s only experimental fast reactor, Joyo, in Oarai Town, Ibaraki Prefecture, has secured consent from local governments to begin the safety constructi…

Japan

Renova Delays 75-MW Biomass Plant Launch to 2025

Japan’s Renova Inc. has announced that the launch of the Omaezakikou Biomass Power Plant has been rescheduled to March 2025 from October 2024 due to addit…

LNG

Japan Considers Company Support Measures for Long-Term LNG Contracts, NHK Reports

Model of LNG tanker is seen in front of Japan's flag in this illustration taken May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Purchase Licensing …

LNG

Vehicle Manufacturers Partner With UECC to Cut Emissions Through BiolNG Use

Vehicle manufacturers, including Toyota Motor Europe and Ford of Europe, have partnered with Norway-based RoRo transportation provider United European Car Carri…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Panasonic Energy, Mazda to Begin Preparation for Auto Battery Supply

Panasonic Energy aims to increase its production capacity and plans to produce cylindrical lithium-ion batteries at its factories in Osaka from 2027 onward. The…

Japan

Japan Targets 2034 Fusion Breakthrough

Japanese start-up Helical Fusion aims to launch the world’s first steady-state nuclear fusion reactor in 2034 and to begin commercial operations in the 2040s, …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Onagawa 2 Begins Fuel Loading

The Onagawa nuclear power plant in Japan’s Miyagi PrefectureTohoku Electric Power Company has begun loading fuel assemblies into the reactor at unit 2 at …

Nuclear waste

More Delays for Japanese Reprocessing Plant

The Rokkasho reprocessing plant (Image: JNFL)Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL), the operator of Japan’s first commercial nuclear fuel plant, currently und…

Geothermal Drilling

Exploration drilling for geothermal energy ongoing at Rusutsu, Japan

Rusutsu, Abuta District, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan (source: ???, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)Footage provided by the Hokkaido Electric Power Company (H…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Fuel Loading Begins Ahead of Onagawa 2 Restart

Tohoku Electric Power Company announced it has started loading fuel assemblies into the reactor of unit 2 at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in Japan's nort…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Tsuruga 2 Fails Safety Standards

Akira Ishiwatari (right), a commissioner for the Nuclear Regulation Authority, inspects a trench at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant’s No. 2 reactor in Fuk…

Nuclear Fuel

Further Delay to Japanese Reprocessing and Mox Plants

Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) now expects the reprocessing plant and mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel plant under construction at Rokkasho in Japan's Aomori Prefe…

Geothermal Power Plant

ORIX Re-Opens Suginoi Geothermal Power Plant in Kyushu, Japan

The Suginoi geothermal power plant in Beppu City, Kyushu, Japan (source: ORIX)After being shut down for more than 2 years, Orix Corporation (ORIX) has resumed o…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kishida Looks to Restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Units

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced he will hold a ministerial meeting next week to discuss measures needed to gain local consent for the restart…