Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Shinjiro Koizumi went to Madrid last December, the golden child of Japanese politics found himself cast as ...

Coal is on its last gasp – only legacy energy sector policy stands in the way of a self-reliant, self-sustaining future. Since December, civil society protests have marked the Japanese government's ...

Within a few years, trucks in Japan could be running on hydrogen made from renewable energy. The country’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry announced in December that it will subsidize efforts ...

A plan setting a share of 20% to 22% for nuclear power in Japan's energy mix by 2030 has been approved by a consultative committee. While scaling back fossil fuel use, the plan also calls for an ...

The percentage of renewables in the global energy mix has risen significantly over the years due to, for example, lower costs for photovoltaic cells. The improved financial position of wind and solar ...

Japan will raise its target for renewable energy in the country's electricity mix for 2030 as it pushes to cut emissions to meet commitments under international agreements on climate change, according ...