Japan has one of the highest installed renewable energy capacities in the world. The country is also one of the world’s largest consumers of energy. Lacking its own fossil fuel resources, it relies on imports for nearly all of its supply. This dependence on imports makes the country vulnerable to …
After killing two people in the Philippines, powerful Typhoon Noul crashed into Okinawa Prefecture on Tuesday, bringing with it surging waves and howling winds as it headed toward Japan’s main islands. Heavy rain and gale-force gusts lashed a wide swath of islands in the prefecture, television footage showed, as pedestrians …
Nuclear power generation in Japan will cost 10.3 yen per kilowatt hour or more by 2030, the cheapest among various power sources, according to a government report. Offshore wind is estimated to be the most expensive among clean energy sources, costing 30.3 yen to 34.7 yen by 2030. That compares …
HONG KONG, May 11 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Izu Islands of Japan at 21:25:46 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 17.97 kilometers, was initially determined to be at 31.2467 degrees north latitude and 142.3746 degrees …
The number of workers exposed to high radiation at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant in fiscal 2014 has grown 1.5-fold from the year before, data from Tokyo Electric said Saturday. A total of 992 workers, mostly those employed by subcontractors, saw their doses top 20 millisieverts in the …
A group of 12 residents filed an appeal Wednesday against a ruling last month by the Kagoshima District Court approving the restart of the No. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power’s Sendai nuclear power plant. That decision cleared another hurdle for the plant to begin starting up as …
Norway ranks as the world’s best place to be a mother, well ahead of the United States which dropped to the 33rd spot in the annual scorecard released by Save the Children. Somalia is the worst place, just below the Democratic Republic of Congo. Save the Children on Monday released …
We isolated eight highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza viruses (H5N8 HPAIVs) in the 2014/15 winter season at an overwintering site of migratory birds in Japan. Genetic analyses revealed that these isolates were divided into three groups, indicating the co-circulation of three genetic groups of H5N8 HPAIV among these migratory birds. …
SHANGHAI ― Environment ministers from South Korea, China and Japan agreed Thursday to work together to better respond to yellow dust pollution form the Gobi Desert, which poses an increasing health threat in the region. The agreement drew attention as the Northeast Asian powers were teaming up to deal with …
Japan said it was proposing to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent by 2030 as its contribution to a global summit on climate change in Paris later in the year. Media reports earlier this month said the country was looking at a 25 percent cut from 2013 levels, …
SHANGHAI - China, Japan and the Republic of Korea have adopted an action plan on environmental cooperation for the 2015-2019 period. Chinese Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining and his counterparts from Japan and the Republic of Korea, Yoshio Mochizuki and Yoon Seong-kyu, endorsed the plan during a two-day trilateral …
A key U.N. climate fund hit a snag Thursday as major donors including the United States and Japan failed to meet a deadline for converting their pledges of climate aid into signed agreements. Green Climate Fund — intended to become the main international channel of climate finance for developing countries …
This study conducted a comparative assessment of 48 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction scenarios for 2030 reported in seven studies published since 2011 based on bottom-up energy system analyses. This study conducted two sets of analyses. First, the scenarios were categorized into four mitigation effort levels and assessed the value …
Japan and China agreed on Wednesday to step up their cooperation in combating air pollution when their environment ministers held their first talks in three years in the latest sign of thawing relations between Asia's two biggest economies. Japanese Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki met separately with his Chinese and South …
A scientist of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dr Vikram Gupta, does not rule out the Himalayan region witnessing more landslides in the near future, particularly during the rainy season, as fallout of Nepal’s massive earthquake. The earthquake at Nepal which has been the result of a rupture caused …
SHANGHAI – Japan, China and South Korea will adopt an action plan Thursday for jointly tackling environmental issues over the next five years, even as trilateral cooperation in other areas remains elusive due to political constraints. The action plan for 2015-2019 is set to be endorsed by the environment ministers …
Japan and China agreed Wednesday to step up their cooperation in combating air pollution when their environment ministers held their first talks in three years in the latest sign of thawing relations between Asia’s two biggest economies. Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki met separately with his Chinese and South Korean counterparts, …
(Reuters) - Japan should aim to make nuclear energy account for between 20 and 22 percent of the country's electricity mix by 2030, with renewable energy making up slightly more, the industry ministry said on Tuesday. The proposal is likely to be unpopular among a public that opinion polls show …
A fifth of Japan’s electricity supply should come from nuclear power generation, the country’s industry ministry said Tuesday, despite widespread opposition in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster. With none of the nation’s viable nuclear reactors in operation, the target indicates an intention to bring most, if not all of …
The industry ministry is looking to set the target for the ratio of nuclear power generation to Japan’s total electricity production in 2030 between 20 percent to 22 percent, compared with 28.6 percent in fiscal 2010 before the Fukushima nuclear crisis, sources close to the matter said Thursday. Yoichi Miyazawa, …
Authorities in the Japanese capital have cordoned off a playground where high levels of radiation were detected this week, reviving concerns about nuclear contamination four years after the Fukushima disaster. Nuclear regulators measured elevated radiation levels on Thursday in a children's park in central Tokyo, city officials said, more than …
