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2022.01.13 (Thu)

【#872】Looming Global Comeback to Nuclear Energy

January 11, 2022 　 More than 40 countries agreed to phase out coal power generation at the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP26, in Glasg...

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2021.11.11 (Thu)

【#845】COP at Turning Point

November 8, 2021 　 On November 2, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged up to $10 billion in additional support for decarbonization in Asia and other regions at the 26th conference of partie...

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2021.10.27 (Wed)

【#843】Utilize Japan’s Cutting-edge Technologies for Missile Defense

October 25, 2021 　 While neighboring countries such as China and North Korea are accelerating the development of hypersonic missiles, Japan has cutting-edge technologies to develop a defense system ...

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2021.09.29 (Wed)

【#834】Guessing About Kono’s Intimidating Remarks

September 27, 2021 　 In intimidating remarks to a senior official at the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy as reported by Weekly Bunshun magazine, administrative reform minister Taro Kono loud...

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2021.09.16 (Thu)

【#828】Kono Has Yet to Seal Off Nuclear Phaseout

September 14, 2021 　 “I would restart and use nuclear power plants that can be used after confirming their safety,” Taro Kono told a news conference on September 10 when he announced his candidacy f...

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2021.08.25 (Wed)

【#822】China Eying Afghan Mineral Resources

August 23, 2021 　 Afghanistan has massive underground mineral resources. As the U.S. Biden administration has prematurely withdrawn U.S. forces from Afghanistan and allowed the Islamic fundamentalis...

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2021.07.14 (Wed)

【#813】Solar Facilities Should Be Regulated as Toughly as Nuclear Plants

July 12, 2021 　 A mega-solar photovoltaic plant is located near a point where a devastating mudslide originated following torrential rain on July 3 in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture. While any relations...

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2021.07.01 (Thu)

【#808】Over-40-year-old Reactors Are As Good As New

June 28, 2021 　 The 44-year-old Unit 3 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Mihama Nuclear Power Station (in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture) has recently restarted for the first time in 10 years. The As...

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2021.06.24 (Thu)

【#806】Taishan Gas Leak Shows China’s Cover-up Habitude

June 21, 2021 　 Radioactive substances have recently leaked from the Unit 1 reactor of the Taishan nuclear power station in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. The reactor is a 1.65 million-...

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2021.06.24 (Thu)

【#805】Mineral Resources Constraints on Renewable Energy Promotion

June 21, 2021 　 The International Energy Agency in a report released in May warned that the promotion of renewable energy to counter global warming would massively boost demand for mineral resources...

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