Japanese Companies Eager to Spark the U.S. Energy Transition

Nearly a year has passed since the U.S. government approved the Inflation Reduction Act, and investments into the country’s energy sector are growing. Of all U.S. allies, Japan is in the forefront of...

Hydroelectric Power: Japan Has To Stop Going With the Flow

As Japan accelerates its energy transition, the country will have to tap into every possible renewable energy resource in order to fully replace fossil fuels and end their use by 2050. Hydropower is ...

Calls for Climate Action Reverberate at Japan’s AGMs

Many say that the rainy season in June makes them sleepy. But in the corporate calendar, June is no time to relax because it’s when over 2,000 Japanese listed firms host their annual general meeting ...

LNG: A Super-Chilled Gas That’s Too Hot for Big Utilities To Handle

In the last five years, Japan’s LNG imports have been on the decline. The reasons often cited are LNG’s cost, the restart of nuclear capacity, and, of course, climate action. However, there’s one oth...

Oil Refining Industry Seeks Its Place in the Energy Transition

Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) globally have more than tripled in the last two years and accounted for over 20% of all car sales in major markets like China and Europe. In Japan, the shift to batte...