Major glass makers are trying to increase sales of heat-blocking glass that helps buildings save energy and reduce air conditioning costs. Asahi Glass Co. even has multilayer glass that combines solar cell-embedded glass and glass with a heat-shielding metal coating. The solar cells are deployed ...
The government plans to forgo requesting that power be conserved this summer for the first time since the March 2011 quake and subsequent nuclear accident that caused a major electricity shortage, government officials said Friday. Since the disaster, the government has asked homes and companies ...
The Abe administration is studying a plan to require that power companies make "cooperation" payments to firms that cut their electricity use when demand peaks, sources said Wednesday. It hopes to have the new system ready to go by fiscal 2016, when the sale of ...
The government said Friday it won't set numerical power-saving targets this summer even though concerns about shortages linger, especially among suppliers in the west and southwest. It is the second consecutive year that the government has refrained from imposing numerical targets to stave off the ...
The government said Friday it wants households and companies in Hokkaido to cut electricity usage by more than 6 percent from the fiscal 2010 level to ride out another winter without nuclear power. It is the first time since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis started ...
This winter is likely to be Japan's first without numerical power-saving targets since 2011 despite the loss of all atomic power, sources say.
The summer power-saving campaign sparked by the Fukushima nuclear disaster kicked off Monday across Japan, but without the government's usual numerical targets. The three-month campaign is the fifth of its kind since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami triggered the nuclear crisis that shut down ...
The government began its Super Cool Biz campaign Monday to promote energy conservation in the workplace by urging people to dress lightly and casually and set their thermostats at 28 degrees. Entering the third season of enhanced power-saving efforts, which covers the period from June ...
Countering attacks on computer networks has become an important security issue for governments. On July 15, the U.S. Defense Department announced a strategy to harden American computer systems against cyberattacks. The Pentagon established U.S. Cyber Command in 2010 for daily operation and defense of its ...
Paul Frey writes in his May 29 letter, "Japan's return to the leading edge," that Japan can be a leader in the "new" areas of wind, solar, geothermal, conservation and energy efficiency. That goal will certainly not be reached tomorrow, but I agree with ...
