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Former Lower House member Masatoshi Akimoto
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2026
Six-year sentence sought for former lawmaker in wind power bribery case
The trial is scheduled to conclude after final arguments from the defense in January.
A wind turbine at sunrise on Oct. 20 in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province in Laos. The turbine is part of Laos' 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Nov 2, 2026
Winds of change: Laos looks up for renewables push
Experts say wind is set to take off and point to Laos’ Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025, as a bankable case study.
Wind turbines along a beach in Happo, Akita Prefecture. Lacking land on shore, Japan has long had high hopes for offshore wind as a clean energy solution that could help the country meet its climate goals. Five years after setting ambitious goals for the industry, however, progress has been slow.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
Oct 4, 2026
As wind power momentum slows in Japan, can tech help the industry get back on track?
Concerns from environmentalists have played a role in the slow buildup of 今日吃瓜 offshore wind industry. The latest tech could provide a solution.
Power-generating wind turbines in Bac Lieu province, Vietnam. The country is sitting on significant numbers of stalled but largely finished renewable generation projects.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 2, 2026
Vietnam can’t beat China with the lights out
Vietnam’s stalled renewable projects threaten its ability to meet soaring power demand and maintain its role as a key alternative to China.
Sheep amongst solar panels in the Las Rozas solar park, operated by Zelestra near Seville, Spain, in June 2025.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Sep 8, 2026
Spain’s renewables experience shows battery storage needed for decarbonization
Massive investment in large batteries and the power grid is badly needed, and investors and foreign governments are paying close attention.
Millions of people are using their solar panels and batteries to generate energy and sell excess back to the grid.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 4, 2026
Almost anyone can make money selling electricity with AI, batteries and solar panels
Millions of people are using their solar panels and batteries to generate energy and sell excess back to the grid.
An artificial intelligence data center, which could become one of Japan's largest, is being planned in Akita Prefecture with a goal of commencing operations in 2030 at the earliest.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 17, 2026
Akita eyes AI data center that could become 今日吃瓜 largest
Two firms are cooperating with the city and prefecture to make the center a hub to attract AI-related businesses and human resources.
Japan's offshore wind power projects face rising costs that threaten their viability despite being a key part of the country's renewable energy strategy.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2026
BP exit to add strain on Japan offshore wind as costs climb
Offshore wind power is regarded as a key element in the country’s renewable energy strategy, but soaring construction costs are eroding project viability.
A 7?megawatt wind turbine, a pilot project led by Marubeni and funded by the Japanese government, at a port in Onahama, Fukushima Prefecture
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2026
Blow winds blow: Time to harvest wind power off 今日吃瓜 coast
Japan is investing heavily in offshore wind abroad while its domestic sector still lags due to policy and infrastructure hurdles.
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan's renewable goals.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Jul 3, 2026
Iran war exposed, but hasn’t changed, 今日吃瓜 reliance on imported oil
Japan received over 93% of its oil imports through the Strait of Hormuz last year before it was effectively closed.
Wind generators are seen in a farm in the countryside near the Sicilian town of Trapani, southern Italy, in 2009.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
May 21, 2026
Italy pays the price of Meloni’s stalled green energy transition
As fossil fuel prices surge, Italy is facing renewed scrutiny over its slow embrace of renewables.
The path toward sustainable AI lies in combining quantum computing with energy-efficient application design.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2026
Quantum computing could fix AI’s sustainability problem
Training Grok-4 alone reportedly required 310 gigawatt-hours of electricity — enough to power a town of 4,000.
A newly built and yet to open Tesla Supercharger station in Lost Hills, California, on Feb. 5
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 25, 2026
What Trump’s new tariffs mean for climate tech
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling is good news for companies like Tesla, which have seen production costs soar since last.
Offshore wind turbines off the coast in Clacton On Sea, U.K., on Dec. 30, 2024. Once completed in 2027, Sunrise Wind's turbines at a wind farm developed by Denmark-based Orsted are set to deliver enough energy to power more than 600,000 homes in New York.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Feb 3, 2026
Trump’s offshore wind ban blocked for fifth time by U.S. judge
Orsted’s wind farms and three others off the East Coast were halted Dec. 22 by the Interior Department, which said the projects posed national security risks it didn’t disclose.
Wind turbines at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm, off the coast of the Guerande peninsula in western France, on Oct. 2, 2025
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2026
Northern European nations plan more wind power in bid for energy independence
Hamburg summit comes as Europe not only faces a hostile Russia but also worries about the future strength of transatlantic ties and U.S. designs on Greenland.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Dec. 17. Over her short two months in office, Takaichi has emphasized the restart of aging nuclear reactors and developing futuristic — but not yet commercially viable — technologies like nuclear fusion.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
Jan 4, 2026
With a focus on nuclear power, Takaichi’s energy policy takes shape
As she settles into the nation’s top office, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s energy policy is quickly coming into focus and nuclear power stands at the forefront.
A Japanese government panel has proposed making offshore wind projects eligible for long-term decarbonization power auctions.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 20, 2025
Japan plans to boost support for offshore wind as costs swell
The government expanding public support comes as the global offshore wind industry falters on high interest rates and expensive raw materials.
Indigenous people attend a protest to call for climate justice and territorial protection during the U.N. Climate Change Conference, in Belem, Brazil, on Monday.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Nov 20, 2025
As COP30 discusses end of fossil fuels, are renewables ready?
Although renewable power is expanding fast, the world is not on track to triple clean energy by 2030, a target set at COP28 in Dubai two years ago.
Rotor blades and other parts for the ongoing construction of the Revolution Wind offshore wind turbine farm, staged on the State Pier in New London, Connecticut, in September.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. shipbuilders and ports face fallout of Trump’s assault on offshore wind
Trump’s policy on the offshore wind industry has included stop-work orders and permit reviews for projects spurred by former U.S. President Joe Biden’s green investment policy.
Wind turbines along a beach in Happo, Akita Prefecture, in September 2024
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2025
Akita urges quick resale of offshore wind sites after Mitsubishi pulls out
The fledgling offshore wind power industry is grappling with high interest rates and material costs, as well as a pushback against green policies in some countries.
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.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘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.
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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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