U.S. President George H.W. Bush suggested to Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa in 1992 that Emperor Akihito visit the United States to underscore cooperation between the two then-bickering countries, newly released diplomatic records showed.
NOSHIRO, Akita Prefecture Japan’s first large-scale offshore wind farm has begun commercial operation here, fanning expectations for a new era of alternative energy.
With electricity prices soaring due to the Ukrainian crisis and the weak yen, the central government on Oct. 26 drafted a relief measure to reduce consumer’s electricity bills by about 20 percent.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and four major Japanese power utilities will work together to develop a next-generation nuclear reactor that will go online in the 2030s, the company announced on Sept. 29.
Government and company officials were scrambling after a media report that Russian President Vladimir Putin had issued an order about a new company taking over the assets of the operator of the Sakhalin II liquified natural gas project.