Japan

Kansai Electric will continue to prepare for potential rolling blackouts this summer despite getting the approval to restart its Ohi nuclear power plant.

Japan’s Prime Minister tells his countrymen that Japan cannot do without nuclear power.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has stressed the need to reactivate two idled reactors at the Oi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture despite the fact that the investigations into the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant are still under way.

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The head of a body of governors and mayors in western Japan indicated that they will approve the restart of Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.

Japan pays the price for taking all its nuclear reactors offline.

Kyushu Electric Power expects to buy 2.6 million kilolitres, or 16.4 million barrels, of oil and liquefied natural gas equivalent in the July-September period.

Kansai Electric plans to test run an ageing 450 megawatt oil-fired unit at its Kainan plant in mid-July.

About three in four Japanese companies support abandoning nuclear power as a source of electricity.

Six of Japan’s largest banks place a huge vote of confidence in the profitability of wind power.

The Japanese government might end up owning 76% of Tokyo Electric Power Company after a share conversion.

Leading Japanese solar cell makers report mixed results for the year ended March 31.

Japan’s wind energy capacity now stands at 2.5GW, a fivefold increase over the past 10 years.

Japanese firms are negotiating to buy a $4.4 billion stake in Australia's Wheatstone gas field as Japan shores up energy supplies.

Businesses and consumers in western Japan were urged by the government to save 15 percent of power this summer due to the closure of all nuclear reactors.

Another casualty of Japan’s decision to temporarily forgo nuclear energy is cleaner air.