Japan’s $550 Billion Wager on U.S. Growth, or the Price of Friendship?

President Donald Trump arrived in Tokyo with a simple message: America must rebuild its industrial base to compete with China, and Japan should help foot the bill. The prize for Japan may be a sturdi...

KEPCO To Shut Last Oil-Fueled Units, but Nuclear and LNG on the Rise

At the end of September, Kansai Electric (KEPCO) announced plans to shut units at the oil-fired Gobo Power Station in Wakayama Prefecture, accelerating the utility’s pivot away from carbon-intensive ...

Japan’s New Cabinet Blends Industrial Pragmatism With Defense Innovation

The new prime minister, Takaichi Sanae, has assembled a cabinet that signals continuity in Japan’s energy realism, but with a sharper industrial edge. One of her first promises, to cut the gasoline t...

Japan’s Power Market Revolution: METI’s Plan to Secure Demand Three Years Ahead

New mandatory procurement rules have the potential to reshape Japanese power trading opportunities and market dynamics in the next few years. METI is proposing a fundamental shift in how electrici...

Slashing Power Bills with Solar: A Case Study in Behind-the-Meter Economics

Japan’s solar industry is entering a new phase. After a decade of steady expansion under the feed-in tariff (FIT), growth is shifting toward corporate PPAs, self-consumption, and digitalized energy m...