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The International Atomic Energy Agency chief on Wednesday exchanged views with the heads of local governments and fishermen around the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, a day after releasing a report endorsing the safety of Japan’s plan to discharge treated radioactive water into the sea. Amid lingering worries about the …

Amid criticism against Japan’s plans to release nuclear waste from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief on Tuesday arrived in Tokyo to hold discussions over the issue. Ahead of releasing IAEA’s report on Fukushima nuclear plant’s water discharge plan, Rafael Grossi met …

The Chinese government has solemnly stated strong opposition on multiple occasions regarding Japan’s decision to discharge treated nuclear wastewater into the ocean, said the spokesperson of the Mission to ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) on Monday. In a statement published on the mission’s website, the spokesperson said Japan’s planned …

Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co has no plans to withdraw from the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Russia, a senior executive said on Wednesday, adding the operation was continuing super-chilled fuel exports to Japan. “We have decided last year to keep our stake in the Sakhalin-2 after …

The Japanese government on Tuesday decided on a plan to generate 15 trillion yen ($107 billion) of investment in the supply of hydrogen over the next 15 years from the public and private sectors in a push to increase its use and speed up decarbonization. Under the revised Basic Hydrogen …

The Japanese parliament on Wednesday passed a bill that allows nuclear reactors in the country to be operated beyond the current limit of 60 years to help cut carbon emissions while ensuring an adequate national energy supply. The law on power sources for green transformation and decarbonization amends five laws …

Countries around the world seem to be in a race to set up solar power plants in space and beam energy back to Earth. The United Kingdom and China have already displayed interest in building such a technology and now, Japan seems to be the latest member to join the …

Japan’s “nuclear blackmail” accusation against Russia is “cynical, unscrupulous speculation,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. “Attempts to attribute to Russia the non-existing plans to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine is nothing more than cynical, unscrupulous speculation. There has been no change in our approach to this issue,” a …

About a dozen Japanese companies, including major shipbuilders, have invested a total of about 10 billion yen ($72 million) in a British start-up developing floating offshore nuclear power plants, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Onomichi Dockyard Co. and Imabari Shipbuilding Co. are among the companies that provided funds …

A week after Japanese regulators postponed the restart of the world’s biggest nuclear power plant due to safety lapses, a careless employee working from home added to the company’s woes. Tokyo Electric Power Co., which operates the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan’s Niigata prefecture, said an employee placed a …