Japan Electricity Supply

The United States and Japan have reached an agreement on trade in minerals that are key to electric vehicle batteries, US trade officials said Tuesday, a move to reinforce supply chains in a sector dominated by China.

Japan's IHI has dropped a gigantic 330-ton turbine power generator onto the ocean floor just off the country's coast. Named Kairyu, the technology is capable of withstanding the most powerful ocean currents and converting its flow into an unlimited supply of electricity.

Parts of Japan lost power on Tuesday after the government issued its first-ever electricity supply warning and called on consumers to conserve energy as a massive earthquake last week forced several power plants to stop operating.

Tesla Inc has signed a three-year pricing deal with Japan's Panasonic Corp relating to the manufacture and supply of lithium-ion battery cells at the Gigafactory in Nevada, the electric carmaker disclosed in a filing on Tuesday.

Yaskawa Electric, which supplies industrial robots for Huawei's smartphone and telecom gear factories, saw all orders for its machines put on hold after the arrest.

In a major move, Japanese two wheeler giants Honda Motor and Yamaha Motor announced that the two companies have begun discussions towards a possible collaboration for small capacity two wheelers in the domestic market. The alliance is looking forward to introduce models in the "Class-1 category of vehicles, which includes scooters with a 50cc engin...

In Japan, where petrol demand is waning because of the stalling economy, a falling population and the rise of electric cars, refiners that used to import crude to supply home markets now target international buyers.

A fifth of Japan's electricity supply should come from nuclear power generation, the country's industry ministry said Tuesday, despite widespread opposition in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster.

Japan ended two months without nuclear power on Thursday when the No. 3 unit at Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi plant became the first reactor to resume supplying electricity to the grid since a nationwide safety shutdown after the Fukushima disaster.

The United States and Japan have reached an agreement on trade in minerals that are key to electric vehicle batteries, US trade officials said Tuesday, a move to reinforce supply chains in a sector dominated by China.

Japan's IHI has dropped a gigantic 330-ton turbine power generator onto the ocean floor just off the country's coast. Named Kairyu, the technology is capable of withstanding the most powerful ocean currents and converting its flow into an unlimited supply of electricity.

Parts of Japan lost power on Tuesday after the government issued its first-ever electricity supply warning and called on consumers to conserve energy as a massive earthquake last week forced several power plants to stop operating.

Tesla Inc has signed a three-year pricing deal with Japan's Panasonic Corp relating to the manufacture and supply of lithium-ion battery cells at the Gigafactory in Nevada, the electric carmaker disclosed in a filing on Tuesday.

Yaskawa Electric, which supplies industrial robots for Huawei's smartphone and telecom gear factories, saw all orders for its machines put on hold after the arrest.

In a major move, Japanese two wheeler giants Honda Motor and Yamaha Motor announced that the two companies have begun discussions towards a possible collaboration for small capacity two wheelers in the domestic market. The alliance is looking forward to introduce models in the "Class-1 category of vehicles, which includes scooters with a 50cc engin...

In Japan, where petrol demand is waning because of the stalling economy, a falling population and the rise of electric cars, refiners that used to import crude to supply home markets now target international buyers.

A fifth of Japan's electricity supply should come from nuclear power generation, the country's industry ministry said Tuesday, despite widespread opposition in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster.

Japan ended two months without nuclear power on Thursday when the No. 3 unit at Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi plant became the first reactor to resume supplying electricity to the grid since a nationwide safety shutdown after the Fukushima disaster.