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Non-Compete Clauses, Do They Hold Up?
Non-compete, non-scout, confidentiality and ‘garden leave’ clauses appear in employment contracts worldwide, and Japan is no exception. How valid are these clauses in the Japanese market? What can co...
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Japan’s Spent Nuclear Fuel Dilemma: KEPCO Seeks a Solution
As Japan’s nuclear power industry faces a rebirth after nearly a decade of dormancy, nuclear waste disposal is now a priority issue. There are roughly 19,000 metric tons of radioactive material store...
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Part 2: Australia’s and Japan’s Clean Energy Relations
This article is Part 2 of a deep look at Australian-Japanese energy relations. The first part, which was published in the Oct 30 issue focused on coal and LNG. As part of its energy transition, kn...
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Japan’s New Hydrogen Policy – The Impact of Recent Updates
In June, METI updated the Basic Hydrogen Strategy that it first announced in 2017. It was always understood the Strategy would need to be updated periodically to align with developments in the energy...
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Does Japan Need To Rethink Its Scaling Down of LNG?
Two years ago, Japan set a bold new Basic Energy Strategy, which vowed to boost the role of renewables and cut in half the allocation to natural gas and coal in power generation by 2030. But as the t...
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