Funding Fusion: Japan Seeks to Stay Competitive in the Global Race

Until recently, nuclear fusion was a little-discussed topic in Japan. Widely seen as a technology with great promise but only a distant future, fusion has long been on the fringes of Japan’s clean en...

The Outlook for Japan’s Next Energy Strategy  

Only three years have passed since Japan wrote its Sixth Basic Energy Plan, but that short period has proven to be highly eventful and decisive for Japan’s plans to transition to clean energy. Now th...

Mo’ Power, Mo’ Problems? Japan’s Chip Revolution IsReversing Power Demand Picture

As Japanese energy planners sit down this spring to update the nation’s strategy, there’s one key assumption they need to rethink entirely. The sixth iteration of the Basic Energy Plan, ratified in O...

Ammonia or Methanol: Which is the Winning Zero-Emission Ship Fuel? 

Decarbonizing the maritime transport sector counts as one of the most important tasks in the energy transition. Each year, global shipping leaves an emissions trail greater than that of the world’s p...

Understanding the Complexities and Nuances of Japan’s Power Markets 

From the 1950s until the mid-1990s, Japan’s electric power sector was dominated by 10 regional companies that were responsible for all power generation, distribution and sales. Since then, the nation...