Japan

Good thing the government is keen to help the company that supplies power to 29m customers in Japan.

Tokyo Electric Power Co will sell its 20% stake in Eurus Energy Holdings Corp to Toyota Tsusho Corp by January.

The nuclear crisis in Fukushima has triggered a major review of the energy landscape not only in Japan, but globally. What do you think would be the eventual impact on the global energy mix?

Information on nuclear power plants along with military data on weapons including warplanes may have been stolen during the cyber attack against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

TEPCO is likely to sell a 20 percent stake in wind power developer Eurus Energy Holdings to trading firm Toyota Tsusho to help raise funds to compensate victims of Japan's nuclear crisis, states a Reuters report quoting the Nikkei newspaper.

Toshiba is participating in a seven-company consortium headced by Mitsui in plans to construct and operate a solar photovoltaic plant in Japan. Toshiba will be responsible for engineering, procurement and construction of the solar photovoltaic plant.

Japanese cabinet ministers will pursue an easing of rules on building geothermal, wind and hydraulic power plants to boost renewable energy use after the Fukushima nuclear crisis, according to Reuters, citng a Nikkei report.

Japanese nuclear experts are considering widening the evacuation zone in the event of a nuclear disaster, according to a Reuters report.

Standard & Poor's lowered its ratings on Shikoku Electric and J-Power to 'A+' from 'AA-'

Japan is still contemplating a complete closure of its nuclear power stations as one option for the country's future energy policy, according to the country's economy minister Yukio Edano.

Tokyo Electric Power will commence operations of a new 500MW combined-cycle, gas-fired unit at its Kawasaki plant in Japan by next year.

Japan's Furukawa Electric Co plans to announce details of its acquisition of a superconductor materials maker, reports Reuters.

NTT Facilities Inc, a unit of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp , plans to start service offering to monitor and maintain mega solar plants.

Japan's 10 utilities consumed 23 % more LNG in September from a year earlier, reflecting their need to offset a fall in nuclearpower generation to a record low by burning more gas.

Tohoku Electric is in talks with utilities from other regions to receive surplus power, in a bid to meet peak-hour demand and avoid rolling blackouts this winter.

The reactor is located 110 km northeast of Tokyo.