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...

What’s Changed in Three Years? A Review of the Energy Sector Since Japan NRG Launched

Japan NRG published the first weekly report exactly three years ago. In this time, a lot has changed in terms of policies and corporate actions, but also in the report’s style and content. We hope th...

Japanese Perovskite Solar Startups: Lucrative Investment Opportunities?

There’s a very good chance that Japan can take the lead in the next stage of solar tech development. But there’s a snag. While the research side requires vast resources, Japan has closed ranks around...

Does the ‘Lifetime Employment’ Mentality Still Exist?

Japan has long been famous for its lifetime employment system. Companies have traditionally stood for social protection of their employees’ wellbeing, offering a job for life and a pension that took ...