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ENERGY

Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 4, 2019
Three days after submarine fire, Russia admits vessel was nuclear-powered
President Vladimir Putin disclosed Thursday for the first time that a top-secret military submarine hit by a fatal fire three days ago was nuclear-powered, prompting Russia's defense minister to assure him that its nuclear reactor had been contained.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INSIDER REPORT
Jul 1, 2019
Japan's energy policies at a critical juncture
Japan's energy policies are at a big turning point. Due to the unforeseeable future of the energy business, utility companies have yet to embark on drastic reform. Despite the fact that irreversible, inevitable and diverse social change is underway simultaneously, the government has been pressed with...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2019
Trump weighs limits on uranium imports after security risk found
The U.S. Commerce Department has recommended the White House take steps to protect the domestic production of uranium after finding the nation's reliance on imports was a national security risk, according to three people briefed on the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2019
Team Trump replaces Obama-era power plant rule in boost to coal industry
The Trump administration finalized a new carbon emissions rule for U.S. power plants on Wednesday that it said could cut pollution without damaging the coal industry, replacing a much tougher Obama-era version to fight climate change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2019
China plans pilot nuclear reactor for heating in northeast
China plans to build a pilot small-scale nuclear reactor that could replace coal or gas to heat towns and cities in its colder northern regions, an official with the state-owned developer in charge of the project said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2019
Inpex inks $20 billion deal on Abadi LNG project, the largest investment ever in Indonesia
Japan's Inpex Corp. reached a new deal with Indonesia on the $20 billion Abadi liquefied natural gas project, a key step toward reviving work on the long-stalled venture that's expected to be the biggest-ever investment in the Southeast Asian nation.
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2019
G20 envoys assemble in Nagano to discuss climate change and plastic waste
Group of 20 nations' environment and energy ministers gather to search for innovative ways to combat emissions-driven climate change and eliminate plastic waste.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 15, 2019
Iran is far from hitting cap on enriched uranium, diplomats say
Iran has multiplied the speed at which it enriches uranium but it is still far from the maximum rate possible under its nuclear deal with major powers, meaning it would be months before production ceilings are hit, diplomats who follow it say.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2019
The realist case for combating climate change
A balance must be struck between reducing use of fossil fuels and maintaining a level of economic growth that can eradicate poverty and hunger.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 5, 2019
U.S. shared nuclear power info with Saudi Arabia after Jamal Khashoggi slaying, senator says
The Trump administration granted two authorizations to U.S. companies to share sensitive nuclear power information with Saudi Arabia shortly after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October, a U.S. senator who saw the approvals said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 4, 2019
Why Japanese mediation of U.S.-Iran tensions makes sense
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to mediate between the U.S. and Iran is a logical move that could succeed in providing necessary off-ramps for the two countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2019
Japan must exit coal
The government should shake itself free from lobby groups and establish the nation as a world leader in the shift toward renewables
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 24, 2019
In energy fight in Ohio, billionaire Koch and environmentalists are on the same side
The Sierra Club and billionaire Charles Koch have found at least one thing to agree on: They hate Ohio's plan to take away renewable power subsidies and give them to coal and nuclear plants.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami