HIZENERGY Enters Global Top Tier with BloombergNEF Tier 1 Listing

On 31 July 2026, BloombergNEF (BNEF), the world's leading energy research institute, released its Q3 2026 Energy Storage Tier 1 Manufacturer List. Founded merely four years ago in China, HIZENERGY has ...

Japan's Princess Aiko Arrives in Mie Prefecture

Japan's Princess Aiko arrived in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Saturday to observe a traditional rite for the reconstruction of Ise Jingu, a major Shinto shrine complex in the central Japan city, which is ...

EXCLUSIVE: Japan Eyes Use of Cloud Services to Manage Defense Secrets

Japan's Defense Ministry is considering using commercial cloud services to manage highly classified information, such as defense secrets, that has so far been handled through its own systems, informed ...

Heat, Water Cuts Deepen Hardship in Quake-Hit Kumamoto

Scorching heat waves and widespread water outages are adding to the hardships faced by more than 9,000 evacuees in areas devastated by Tuesday's powerful earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, ...

Kumamoto Shop in Tokyo Crowded with Visitors after Quake

Visitors have formed a long line every day to enter a Tokyo shop promoting specialty products of Kumamoto Prefecture to support the southwestern Japan prefecture hit by Tuesday's huge earthquake. They ...

Japan Aims to Rebuild 2-5 Nuclear Reactors by 2040s

The Japanese government has decided to revise its nuclear energy policy guidelines to include a target of rebuilding two to five nuclear power reactors by the 2040s. The decision was adopted at a meet ...

2 Taken to Hospital after Apartment Blast in Chiba

Two people have been sent to hospital after an explosion occurred at a three-story apartment building in Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Saturday. One of the two suffered severe burns ...

Dollar Hits 2-Month Low below 157.50 Yen in N.Y.

The dollar plunged below 157.50 yen for the first time in about two and a half months in New York trading on Friday as the Japanese and U.S. authorities reportedly intervened in the foreign exchange m ...

Industrial Storytelling and Cross-City Synergy: Hangzhou and Paris in Dialogue

Paris and Hangzhou, though separated by thousands of miles, have long shared an unspoken affinity. That affinity gained fresh ...

Envision Delivers Low-Carbon Ammonia Environmental Attribute Certificates to PepsiCo APAC, Pioneering Decarbonization in the Fertilizer Industry

On July 30th 2026, Envision Energy, a global leader in green technology, announced a low carbon ammonia environmental attribute purchase agreement with PepsiCo APAC and completed delivery of the first ...

U.S. Treasury Notifies Banks of Possible Yen Intervention

The U.S. Treasury Department has informed commercial banks that it may intervene in the Japanese yen market, an informed source told Jiji Press on Friday. The U.S. authorities reportedly conducted a ...

No Major Financial Disruption after Kumamoto Quake: BOJ Ueda

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Friday the powerful earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan earlier this week has caused no major disruption to the financial system. "W ...