Kyoko Hasegawa

2 weeks ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Kyoko Hasegawa

Japan's main Nikkei 225 index fell more than three percent on Friday, adding to a 2.7-percent drop on Thursday after the S&P 500 on Wall Street dropped by the most in a day since 2020 (Kazuhiro NOGI) (Kazuhiro NOGI/AFP/AFP)US President Donald Trump's tariffs on Japanese goods are a "national crisis", Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday ahead of cross-party talks on mitigating the impact.

3 weeks ago | japantoday.com | Hiroshi Hiyama |Kyoko Hasegawa

Japan slammed Thursday as "extremely regrettable" U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs, saying they may break WTO rules and the two countries' trade agreement. Japanese firms are the biggest investors into the United States but Tokyo has failed to secure an exemption, with Trump announcing a hefty 24-percent levy on Japanese imports.

3 weeks ago | japantoday.com | Katie Forster |Kyoko Hasegawa

Japan wants to become a hydrogen fuel leader to meet its net-zero goals, but one blockbuster project is hanging in the balance over questions about its climate credentials. The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) is billed as a billion-dollar attempt to ship liquid hydrogen from Australia to Japan. However, cold feet about the project in Australia means HESC will source hydrogen from Japan to meet a 2030 deadline for its demonstration phase.

3 weeks ago | japantimes.co.jp | Katie Forster |Kyoko Hasegawa

Japan wants to become a hydrogen fuel leader to meet its net-zero goals, but one blockbuster project is hanging in the balance over questions about its climate credentials. The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) is billed as a billion-dollar attempt to ship liquid hydrogen from Australia to Japan. However, cold feet about the project in Australia means HESC will source hydrogen from Japan to meet a 2030 deadline for its demonstration phase.

3 weeks ago | capitol.fr | Katie Forster |Kyoko Hasegawa

Un projet phare d'acheminement d'hydrogène d'Australie vers le Japon, qui mise sur cette énergie pour sa décarbonation, se voit compromis par des doutes sur le bilan environnemental de sa production, basée sur la combustion de lignite et dont la liquéfaction s'avère coûteuse et énergivore. Baptisé Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC), ce projet tentaculaire évalué à 1 milliard de dollars visait à approvisionner l'archipel nippon depuis l'Australie.