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Japan and China sparred over the release of tritium-containing treated water from the meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant into the sea at an annual meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency that opened Monday. A total of 177 member countries will discuss issues such as nuclear development by Iran …

Japan is considering shipping captured carbon dioxide to Malaysia for underground storage as part of a decarbonization project in Asia, the industry minister revealed Monday. The project, which will be Japan’s first shipment of captured CO2 and its storage overseas, is set to start in 2028. Japan and several Southeast …

Japan’s liquefied natural gas inventories dropped to the lowest level in over a year-and-a-half and could push the nation’s utilities to buy more fuel ahead of winter. Storage held by Japan’s power suppliers fell to 1.62 million tons as of Sept. 17, according to data compiled by the trade ministry. …

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Sunday gained understanding from his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi over the recent start of the release into the sea of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. In Jordan, Hayashi told Safadi that the discharge is being carried out with transparency …

The tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s operator says it began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday — a controversial step that prompted China to ban seafood from Japan. In a live video from a control room at the plant, Tokyo Electric …

Japan will start releasing more than 1 million tonnes of treated radioactive water into the ocean from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on August 24, said Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday at a meeting of Cabinet ministers involved in the plan. The water will initially be released in …

Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tonnes of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Aug. 24, putting into motion a plan that has drawn strong criticism from China. The plan, approved two years ago by the Japanese government …

ADNOC Gas PLC has signed a five-year agreement with Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd. (JAPEX) for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The deal amounts to between $450 million and $550 million, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.’s (ADNOC) integrated gas unit said in a press release last week, not …

China urged Japan again Thursday to stop the ocean discharge of treated nuclear waste from the crippled Fukushima power plant. “The legitimacy and safety of Japan’s ocean discharge plan have long been questioned by the international community,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin, who urged Tokyo to engage in “honest …

Adnoc Gas, estimated to have the seventh largest gas reserves globally, has signed a five-year liquefied natural gas supply agreement with Japan Petroleum Exploration Co (Japex) The agreement is valued between $450 million and $550 million, the company said in a statement on Thursday to the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, …