https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOpqxioxaVw/aya-takada RSS for Node Tue, 12 May 2026 12:50:37 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-07/japan-orders-power-suppliers-to-boost-output-to-avoid-shortage https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-07/japan-orders-power-suppliers-to-boost-output-to-avoid-shortage Thu, 07 Jan 2021 00:17:13 GMT Electrical power lines hang from a transmission pylon in Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. Japan will ease some immigration regulations imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic from Oct. 1 to allow long-term residents to enter the country. Photographer: Takaaki Iwabu/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-05/japan-s-historic-power-market-rally-triggers-government-probe https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-05/japan-s-historic-power-market-rally-triggers-government-probe Tue, 05 Jan 2021 03:49:29 GMT Liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanks stand at Osaka Gas Co.\'s Senboku terminal in Takaishi City, Osaka, Japan, on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. Osaka Gas is the second largest gas distributor in Japan. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-25/japan-s-green-push-seen-sparking-1-8-trillion-windfall-by-2050 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-25/japan-s-green-push-seen-sparking-1-8-trillion-windfall-by-2050 Fri, 25 Dec 2020 04:50:00 GMT A hydrogen storage tank and loading system at the liquefied hydrogen receiving terminal on Kobe Airport Island in Kobe, Japan. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-15/japan-to-lift-offshore-wind-capacity-fourfold-in-decade-to-2040 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-15/japan-to-lift-offshore-wind-capacity-fourfold-in-decade-to-2040 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 04:37:04 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-04/japan-court-rules-against-restart-of-kansai-nuclear-reactors https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-04/japan-court-rules-against-restart-of-kansai-nuclear-reactors Fri, 04 Dec 2020 06:47:36 GMT The Kansai Electric Power Co. Ohi nuclear power station i Fukui Prefecture, Japan. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-30/a-plan-to-save-coal-plants-needs-millions-of-tons-of-ammonia https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-30/a-plan-to-save-coal-plants-needs-millions-of-tons-of-ammonia Mon, 30 Nov 2020 01:47:12 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-25/tokyo-gas-to-develop-one-of-japan-s-largest-offshore-wind-farms https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-25/tokyo-gas-to-develop-one-of-japan-s-largest-offshore-wind-farms Wed, 25 Nov 2020 05:05:31 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-11/toshiba-will-quit-coal-after-building-more-plants-to-last-years https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-11/toshiba-will-quit-coal-after-building-more-plants-to-last-years Wed, 11 Nov 2020 03:11:27 GMT Coal is stockpiled in a storage yard at the Joban Joint Power Co. Nakoso coal-fired power station in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. With the loss of nuclear plants, which produced more than 25 percent of Japan's electricity before the disaster, the country has had to rely on oil, coal and gas-fired plants. The cost of importing those fuels has driven the country into a trade deficit for 18 straight months while the current-account shortfall widened to a record in November. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-09/japan-eyes-replacing-oil-with-hydrogen-amid-carbon-neutral-push https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-09/japan-eyes-replacing-oil-with-hydrogen-amid-carbon-neutral-push Mon, 09 Nov 2020 01:39:39 GMT Digesters at the Higasinada sewage treatment plant in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Japan will have to accelerate the closure of coal plants and ramp up renewable energy capacity over the next decade to meet Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s pledge to be emissions neutral in 30 years. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-29/japan-s-net-zero-plan-hits-speed-bump-as-small-utilities-balk https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-29/japan-s-net-zero-plan-hits-speed-bump-as-small-utilities-balk Thu, 29 Oct 2020 04:33:30 GMT A tourist takes a photograph of the skyline from the observation deck of the Tokyo Tower at night in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Foreign visitors to the nation totaled 1.53 million people in March, the highest on record for a single month, according to a statement from the Japan National Tourism Organization. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-27/japan-likely-needs-new-reactors-to-meet-carbon-goal-ex-minister https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-27/japan-likely-needs-new-reactors-to-meet-carbon-goal-ex-minister Tue, 27 Oct 2020 09:05:53 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-22/japan-to-use-wind-batteries-to-meet-2050-carbon-goal-official https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-22/japan-to-use-wind-batteries-to-meet-2050-carbon-goal-official Thu, 22 Oct 2020 02:25:57 GMT A vehicle drives past wind turbines operated by Wind Power Group KK in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Japan’s industrial production fell less than expected in March but much steeper declines are likely ahead as a nationwide state of emergency shutters factories and keeps shoppers home to contain the coronavirus. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-16/japan-to-release-treated-fukushima-water-into-ocean-kyodo-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-16/japan-to-release-treated-fukushima-water-into-ocean-kyodo-says Fri, 16 Oct 2020 01:38:22 GMT Storage tanks of contaminated water at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima on Feb. 23. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-06/japan-s-koizumi-eyes-reform-in-15-billion-power-capacity-market https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-06/japan-s-koizumi-eyes-reform-in-15-billion-power-capacity-market Tue, 06 Oct 2020 10:51:59 GMT Shinjiro Koizumi https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-29/japan-s-offshore-wind-backers-see-clean-heir-to-coal-nuclear https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-29/japan-s-offshore-wind-backers-see-clean-heir-to-coal-nuclear Tue, 29 Sep 2020 21:00:00 GMT Wind turbines manufactured by Hitachi Ltd. stand at dusk at an offshore wind farm in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-03/japan-s-koizumi-promises-to-strengthen-country-s-emissions-goal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-03/japan-s-koizumi-promises-to-strengthen-country-s-emissions-goal Thu, 03 Sep 2020 11:39:41 GMT Emissions rise from stacks in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-24/japan-urged-to-boost-green-power-to-achieve-paris-climate-goals https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-24/japan-urged-to-boost-green-power-to-achieve-paris-climate-goals Mon, 24 Aug 2020 05:23:35 GMT An engineer inspects solar panels during a media tour of Banpu Power Pcl's solar plant in Awaji, Hyogo, Japan, on Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. Banpu Power owns 13 solar projects in Japan. Photographer: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-31/a-giant-new-coal-plant-helped-boost-this-japan-utility-s-sales https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-31/a-giant-new-coal-plant-helped-boost-this-japan-utility-s-sales Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:09:27 GMT A bucket wheel reclaimer operates on a coal stockpile site at the Onahama port of Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. With the loss of nuclear plants, which produced more than 25 percent of Japan's electricity before the disaster, the country have had to rely on oil, coal and gas-fired plants. The cost of importing those fuels has driven the country into a trade deficit for 18 straight months while the current-account shortfall widened to a record in November. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-15/after-coal-battle-japan-s-koizumi-aims-to-raise-emission-goals https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-15/after-coal-battle-japan-s-koizumi-aims-to-raise-emission-goals Wed, 15 Jul 2020 01:35:27 GMT Shinjiro Koizumi poses for a photograph at his office in Tokyo on July 13. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-09/japan-to-link-coal-power-support-with-long-term-green-goals https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-09/japan-to-link-coal-power-support-with-long-term-green-goals Thu, 09 Jul 2020 01:30:30 GMT A bucket wheel reclaimer operates on a coal stockpile site at the Onahama port of Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. With the loss of nuclear plants, which produced more than 25 percent of Japan's electricity before the disaster, the country have had to rely on oil, coal and gas-fired plants. The cost of importing those fuels has driven the country into a trade deficit for 18 straight months while the current-account shortfall widened to a record in November.