Candidates Favor Realistic Energy Policies in LDP Leadership Race

The most diverse, unpredictable and even chaotic leadership race to determine a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Kishida will culminate in a vote on Sept 27. For all the drama and rhetoric, howev...

Japan Looks to Farmland for Solar Expansion Amid Industry Slowdown

In an effort to boost solar power capacity, Japan is looking to install more solar panels on farmland. While efforts go back more than a decade, widespread development has been slow to catch on. Howe...

Booming Battery Storage Pipeline Gives New Impetus to Energy Transition

Japan's expanding data center industry and the growth of digital infrastructure are driving up energy demand, spurring the adoption of innovative green solutions such as battery storage systems that ...

Power Companies Ignore New Balancing Market Set up by METI

At least three times this summer, large volumes of electricity had to be transferred quickly between the major regions into which Japan’s power system is split. The technical aspect of this has so fa...

The Perovskite Boom Is Not Without Setbacks

Japan is betting big on perovskite solar cell (PSC) technology to boost green energy capacity and to become a global leader in one of the most innovative new clean energy technologies. The electri...