Green Steel Goes Global: Japan, EU and Sweden on Different Paths to Same Goal

Long one of the world’s most energy and emissions-intensive industries, the steel sector is slowly starting to embrace ways to become ‘green’. Governments and businesses from Tokyo and Luleå (Swed...

Against the Clock: Is Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP Ready to Restart?

Electricity prices in the Tokyo region remain stubbornly high, and the reason is not just a weak yen. TEPCO, the main power supply to the most populous and industrial region in Japan, continues to op...

Modular Data Centers Seek to Reshape Japan’s AI Infrastructure Boom

As demand for AI explodes, so does the need for new infrastructure. But building a conventional data center can take three to five years – an eternity in the age of generative AI, where chip designs ...

Power, Politics, and Patience: Inside Japan’s 2025 Energy Shift

Four months after Japan signed off on its revised energy strategy, the government shows little sign of deviation — despite mounting geopolitical frictions, war-driven supply risks, and policy reversa...

Hydrogen Dreams, Fiscal Reality: Comparing the Main State Subsidy Mechanisms

Japan has big dreams for hydrogen. By 2050, it wants to use 20 million tons of the clean-burning gas each year – more than any other country today. The government sees hydrogen not just as a decarbon...