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Asian countries are seeking alternative liquefied natural gas supplies as the Middle East war disrupts shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global LNG trade.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 16, 2026
今日吃瓜 Jera looks to pivot LNG buying muscle into global sales
The country’s largest power producer imports liquefied natural gas primarily for domestic consumption.
Jera's thermal power station in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture. Jera will transport low-carbon ammonia from the U.S. to its thermal power plant in Aichi Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 18, 2026
Jera books Mitsui OSK ships to bring low-carbon ammonia to Japan
Low-carbon ammonia has been receiving greater attention around the world as governments and companies pledge to reduce emissions from fossil fuels.
A liquefied natural gas tanker truck in Hyogo Prefecture. Inpex expects industrial action at its LNG export plant in Australia to disrupt output.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 16, 2026
Strike to disrupt output at Australian LNG export plant, Inpex says
The Ichthys plant in Australia’s Northern Territory accounts for about 2% of the world’s output and has the capacity to export around 9.3 million tons a year.
A floating solar farm in Thailand. European utilities are rethinking their green energy investments in Southeast Asia.
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2025
European utilities rethink bets in slow-to-go-green Southeast Asia
Large green-power groups including Portugal’s EDP Renewables and Denmark’s Orsted have paused projects or withdrawn from certain countries.
The Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant, which was shuttered last week, is seen from a beach in Pingtung, southern Taiwan, on April 29.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 26, 2025
Taiwan to hold referendum on restarting closed nuclear reactor
The Aug. 23 poll will decide whether the Maanshan nuclear power plant, shuttered just last week, should resume operations if there are no safety concerns.
Starting in the early 1980s, shipping nuclear waste for storage on Orchid Island off the southeastern coast of Taiwan was standard practice.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 16, 2025
Final nuclear plant shutdown leaves Taiwan facing energy crunch
The shutdown takes place just as power demand is projected to rise 13% by the end of the decade, largely driven by data centers and chipmakers.
A nuclear reactor in New Taipei City
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 14, 2025
Taiwan opens door to restart atomic power plants in reversal
Under the new law, plants that could previously only operate for 40 years will be allowed to renew or extend their licenses for up to 20 years at a time.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 22, 2024
China tension highlights risk of Taiwan’s nuclear phase-out plan
Public opinion had turned sharply in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan, prompting the government to halt construction on all projects.
Amazon is seeking to source more clean power agreements in Southeast Asia and India.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Oct 12, 2024
Amazon prefers renewables in Asia as nuclear still elusive
While Asia remains one of the most challenging geographies to acquire green power, it’s the region with the greatest potential.
Rescuers paddle their boats along a flooded street in Manila on Wednesday amid heavy rains brought by Typhoon Gaemi.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 25, 2024
China braces for Typhoon Gaemi after it pounds Taiwan and Philippines
The typhoon was expected to approach China’s coast with winds of 129 kilometers per hour.
Coal piles at Jera's Hekinan thermal power station in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture, in October 2021
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Jul 8, 2024
Japan should phase out coal power by 2035, climate group says
The nation should adjust its national targets and slash emissions by two-thirds by the middle of the next decade, according to the Japan Climate Initiative.
The energy transition in coal-dependent emerging nations like the Philippines will determine the success of global efforts to hit net zero targets and curb the worst impacts of climate change.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 22, 2024
Philippines emerges as Southeast Asia renewable power pacesetter
The energy transition in coal-dependent emerging nations like the Philippines will determine the success of global efforts to hit net zero targets.
Environment groups gather to oppose a key LNG terminal that threatened a delicate algal reef, in Taipei in December 2021. If Taipower can’t make sufficient progress on clean-energy generation, the island could potentially lose some of its allure as a destination for chip manufacturing.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 28, 2024
Taiwan’s troubled utility poses risk to chipmakers’ green goals
Political pressures have prevented the state-owned Taipower from passing on costs to customers, while bets on offshore wind have been marred by obstacles.
An offshore wind turbine, operated by Swancor Holding stands in the Taiwan Strait off the coast of Miaoli County, Taiwan, in 2018.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2023
Japan firms exit Taiwan offshore wind projects amid industry woes
Shikoku Electric Power decided to pull out of the Yunlin Offshore Wind Project in the Taiwan Strait due to delays threatening its profitability.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 8, 2023
Singapore’s soaring rents are becoming a political problem
For the ruling People’s Action Party, solving the housing problem is crucial as the party navigates succession.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2022
Beer made from recycled sewage quenches thirst in Singapore
‘If you don’t tell people it’s made from waste water, they probably won’t know,” said one drinker.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 19, 2022
Shoppers are facing shortages of beer to popcorn this summer
A wide array of factors — from adverse weather and the pandemic to geopolitical tensions and rebounding demand — are stretching supply chains to the limit.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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