Business / Corporate Jun 10, 2022
Japan materials makers moving to cut carbon dioxide emissions
The materials industry accounts for over 70% of carbon dioxide emissions by the manufacturing sector, with the biggest emitter being steelmakers.
Business / Corporate Feb 25, 2022
Japan’s petrochemical firms need to merge to survive, Mitsubishi Chemical CEO says
by Shoko Oda and Gearoid Reidy
Jean-Marc Gilson compared the situation facing the chemical industry to other industries Japan once dominated, such as semiconductors and flat-screen televisions.
World Feb 15, 2022
Plastic and chemical pollution beyond planet's safe limit, study says
There are an estimated 350,000 different manufactured chemicals on the market and large volumes of them end up in the environment.
Business / Corporate Jul 9, 2021
Fujifilm says pivot to health care and chips paid off in pandemic
by Lisa Du and Grace Huang
Over the past decade, Fujifilm parlayed its expertise in film and chemicals to move into medical diagnostics, pharmaceutical manufacturing and supplying materials to chipmakers.
National May 11, 2021
No toxic gases were detected after the explosion, local authorities said.
Business Apr 30, 2021
'Where are the female managers?' Japan’s newest foreign CEO asks
by Gearoid Reidy and Tsuyoshi Inajima
Mitsubishi Chemical chief Jean-Marc Gilson says in the absence of government intervention, he’ll push internally and actively promote women when faced with candidates of equal skill.
World Jul 25, 2019
'Ecological Chernobyl' looms at abandoned Siberian chemical factory, official warns
A Russian state official warned on Wednesday that an abandoned chemicals factory in Siberia could cause an environmental disaster akin to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident unless urgent action is taken to tackle it. The Usolyekhimprom plant, which produced chlorine and other chemicals in the ...
Business | FOCUS Jul 10, 2019
by Satoshi Sugiyama
Japan was taken aback by the strong reaction from South Korea to its decision to tighten export controls on some chemicals, a senior foreign ministry official said.
World / Science & Health Mar 22, 2019
Pollution danger mounts as toxic cloud paralyzes Houston's refinery row after four-day fire
Now that the four-day fire is out at a Houston-area chemical storage complex, the real danger has emerged. Cancer-causing benzene is wafting across the eastern suburbs of the fourth-largest U.S. city, shutting roads, schools and industrial plants, and disrupting everyday life. A major oil refinery ...
Business Jan 17, 2019
Plastics and consumer goods makers announce $1.5 billion pledge to rein in waste
Global companies including BASF, DowDuPont, Procter & Gamble and SABIC have formed an alliance to fight plastic waste, pledging to spend $1.5 billion over the next five years. The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), unveiled by its 28 founding companies on Wednesday, convened amid ...
Business / Corporate Dec 11, 2018
An oil refinery project involving Idemitsu Kosan Co., Mitsui Chemicals Inc. and state-run oil companies of Vietnam and Kuwait has begun commercial operations, Idemitsu Kosan said Tuesday. The Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Complex, Vietnam's second refinery, has a daily production capacity of 200,000 barrels. ...