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Japan Commits to Cutting Iranian Oil Imports
Japan and South Korea are among the countries contemplating requests from the United States to reduce or cut ties with Iran’s banking and energy sectors. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner received a partial commitment Thursday in Tokyo from...
Japan Agrees to Provide Mozambique with Commercial Food Aid of Rice
Japan has agreed to provide Mozambique with commercial food aid of rice valued at $7.1 million, under a cooperation deal signed in Maputo by Mozambican Deputy Foreign Minister Eduardo Koloma, and Japanese ambassador Eiji Hashimoto. How People Arrived...
India Japan on Course to Reach Trade Target of $25b By 2014
Shri Anand Sharma the union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles in his address to business delegation led by Mr. Yoshihiko Noda the Prime Minister of Japan, said that, “The year 2011 is a watershed year in our relations as we signed the Comprehensive...
International Agreed Rules Will Speed Up Introduction of Electric Vehicles
The introduction of electrical cars will get a further boost with an international agreement promoted by the in Geneva (Switzerland).
New International Report Shreds Japan’s Carefully Constructed Fukushima Scenario
Japan’s six reactor Fukushima Daichi nuclear complex has inadvertently become the world’s bell-weather poster child for the inherent risks of nuclear power ever since the 11 March Tohoku offshore earthquake, measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale, triggered...
Japanese Government Planning to Build Hydrocarbon Reserves
According to a Japanese government source, speaking on condition of anonymity, Tokyo intends to increase its bases for stockpiling crude oil and petroleum products to bolster its preparations for major disasters.
Estimated Compensation for Fukushima Reactor Debacle Continues to Rise
The Japanese government panel overseeing Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s financial standing has estimated that the utility could face more than $52 billion in compensation costs related to the 11 March nuclear crisis at TEPCO’s Fukushima No. 1 power...
China, Japan Minuet Around the Issue of Rare Earths
It’s official – China’s de facto monopoly on current rare earths production is a threat to the global economy. As least, that was the gist of hearings on 21 September by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee...
