Japan's first osmotic power plant is proving that the natural process of osmosis can generate clean electricity around the clock. Could this be the next big renewable energy breakthrough?

Japan has earned rising acclaim from U.S. observers as a middle power that complements, rather than threatens, the United States. Yet Japan is not deepening its ties with Washington out of charity.

Kansai Electric Power will begin surveys for the construction of a new nuclear power reactor at its Mihama power station in Fukui prefecture, western Japan, to replace the existing facility, the ...

Japan ramps up the joint nuclear power agenda with the U.S. and Philippines, with an eye to deterring regional conflict. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is on an official state visit to the ...

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 ...

Japan’s energy mix is in flux as the country slowly brings idled nuclear reactors online. The 2011 Fukushima disaster upended the nation’s power generation, resulting in more reliance on coal and ...

TOKYO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Japanese power utilities are stepping up efforts to cut thermal coal import costs by switching to lower quality grades and widening import sources, company officials said, as ...