Amid boom in tourism, Japan is facing jet fuel shortage, as the country’s plummeting oil refineries cannot provide adequate fuel to enable return trips for all planes. Authorities at Narita Airport near Tokyo, Japan’s main gateway for international arrivals, said in late June that six airlines had shelved plans to …
Read More »Japan Builds Gas Markets in Asia to Boost LNG Trading, Energy Security
Japanese companies foreseeing a growing surplus in stocks of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as their demand for the fuel wanes in coming years, are scrambling to invest in regional markets to provide potential outlets to sell the gas. As more nuclear plants restart and renewable energy gains momentum, Japan’s LNG …
Read More »Japan Looks to Strike a Balance between Energy Security and Net Zero
Resource-poor Japan is launching the most important energy policy discussions in its post-World War Two history, aiming to strike a balance between the need to boost its energy security with conventional sources and its pledge to become a net-zero economy by 2050. The industry ministry of one of the world’s …
Read More »Japan Sees 50% Surge in Electricity Demand by 2050
Japan would need to increase its electricity output by between 35% and 50% by 2050 to meet a proportionate surge in demand, a government projection has revealed. Japan’s electricity output for this decade is estimated at around 1 trillion kWh but this needs to expand to up to 1.5 trillion …
Read More »Japan Loads the World’s Biggest Nuclear Reactor with Fuel
Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Co. has loaded its biggest nuclear power plant, Kashiwazaki Kariwa, with fuel for the first time since the Fukushima disaster, Bloomberg has reported. The move is part of a nuclear power return on the Japanese scene after the 2011 tragedy, which saw all nuclear reactors in …
Read More »Kazakhstan, Japan Explore Nuclear Energy Cooperation for Peaceful Purposes
The Kazakh delegation visited Japan in order to expand cooperation between the countries in the field of peaceful uses of nuclear energy from April 1 to April 5, 2024, Trend reports, citing the Energy Ministry of Kazakhstan. The Kazakh delegation included representatives of the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of …
Read More »China, Japan Hold Talks on Water Release from Crippled Nuclear Power Plant
Japan and China have held talks over the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. During the talks held in Dalian, northeastern China on Saturday, the two sides laid out their positions and exchanged opinions on technical matters concerning the treated water, Kyodo News …
Read More »Japan Boosts Reliance on Allies for Long-Term LNG Supplies
Resource-scarce Japan is shoring up long-term supplies of liquefied natural gas from close allies Australia and the United States as key contracts from providers including Russia are set to expire by the early 2030s. Japan’s biggest power generator JERA last month agreed to buy a 15.1% stake in Woodside Energy’s …
Read More »Japan Mulls Extending Fuel Subsidies amid Political Backlash
Japan’s government and ruling party officials are considering extending fuel subsidies beyond May, sources told Reuters on Friday, as a feeble economy and political pressure drive more fiscal spending. The economy unexpectedly slipped into a recession at the end of last year and lost its title as the world’s third-biggest …
Read More »Japan’s Gas Imports Plummet as Nuclear Reactors Restart
Japan’s liquefied natural gas imports for January fell to the lowest level for that month in over a decade, as nuclear reactor restarts, higher renewables output, and energy-savings efforts curb fossil-fuel needs. Deliveries fell to just shy of 6 million tons last month, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. …
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