Energy

The Japanese government now offers better trade insurance terms for overseas projects where participants disclose information sought by investors adopting environmental, social and governance, or ESG, investment principles.

Toray Industries will build a factory producing separators for electric-vehicle batteries in Hungary, the first of its kind in Europe, looking to serve an expanding supply chain in a region where increasing regulations are expected to accelerate demand for environmentally friendly cars.

In the first four parts of this series, I mainly outlined the current state and challenges facing the supply side of energy. But reflecting the growing popularity of the sharing economy and progress in digitization, we are going to see a sea change in how we use energy. In the last entry in this series, I’d like to think about both the supply and demand sides of Japan’s energy, which is at a major turning point.

The Paris agreement has accelerated worldwide momentum for strengthening global warming countermeasures.

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will manufacture offshore wind turbines in the U.S. and Asia as soon as 2021, seeking to tap into the nascent demand for the alternative energy source.

A fuel cell that can power an LED for several hours with just a small amount of urine has been developed by a university professor in Osaka, it has been learned.

Japan's JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy will tie up with a Vietnamese state-owned oil company on liquefied natural gas, the companies said Monday, with the duo expected to build facilities and collaborate on procurement in the Southeast Asian country.

The Nagano Prefecture resort town of Karuizawa has long been associated with green, natural energy.

Japanese oil company Inpex will begin using carbon dioxide emitted by its own facilities to create methane for gas starting in August.

Japanese oil and gas company Inpex is set to agree in principle with the Indonesian government to build a liquefied natural gas plant in Indonesia, Nikkei learned Friday.