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Business / Corporate Dec 20, 2015

Osaka Gas ditches plan to build coal thermal plant near Tokyo

Osaka Gas Co. has abandoned a plan to build a coal-burning power plant northeast of Tokyo, believing it will not be profitable due to emissions reduction requirements and the potential revival of nuclear power, a company source said Sunday. Teaming up with trading house Marubeni ...

National / Politics Nov 22, 2015

EU official cautions Japan about exporting coal-fired power plants

The European Union's climate change chief has advised Japan to be careful about exporting coal-fired power plants because the technology could prove "unsustainable" in light of the need to rein in global warming. In a written interview ahead of a U.N. climate summit in Paris, ...