A state-of-the-art coal-fired power plant that will soon go online in the seaside town of Taketoyo in Aichi Prefecture is expected to help alleviate Japan’s electricity supply shortage.

Coal-fired power generation accounted for 30.8 percent of Japan’s total power in fiscal 2022. Since fiscal 2012, the ratio has remained around 30 percent, and the government aims to reduce the ...

The decision was made on March 11 by Japan's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy. The subsidy will support biomass fuel co-firing tests that the company is considering at existing coal-fired power ...

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Japan has decided to gradually reduce its imports of Russian coal, the government said Friday, in a coordinated move with the world's largest economic powers to tighten ...

Natural gas producers, exporters and trading firms are banking on Asia - the world's largest and fastest-growing power market ...

In recent years the site has served as a backdrop for documentaries, films, and even pop culture phenomena like the James ...

Displaced by a massive coal power plant, a group of women in Matarbari have turned to embroidery to craft a future.

JAKARTA (AFP): Japan's ambassador to Indonesia has called on Jakarta to end its recent ban on coal exports, which he said has had a "serious impact" on the world's third-biggest economy.