Yugo Nakamura

Japan’s Cut for Solar Power Price Retains Boom Incentive

Japan’s proposal to cut the price paid for solar power by 10 percent leaves in place incentives for a boom in installations this year, the industry’s lobby group said.

David Suzuki Says Japan Wasted Time to Rework Atomic Plan

Japan is wasting the opportunity of the Fukushima disaster by failing to use the crisis and public opposition toward nuclear reactors to form an energy mix more reliant on renewable energy, Canadian author, environmentalist and geneticist David Suzuki says.

Japan’s Solar Tariff May Drop 12% as Costs Sink, BNEF Estimates

Japan will cut its tariff for purchases of solar power by as much as 12 percent as costs to install systems to generate energy from the sun decline, according to an estimate by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Japan Clean Energy Funding to Double as Incentives Start

Renewable energy investments in Japan may double as companies from mobile phone provider Softbank Corp. to battery maker GS Yuasa Corp. take advantage of government payment incentives beginning July 1.

Japan Clean-Energy Laws May Need Clearer Price Signal to Attract Investors

Japanese companies may wait to invest in clean energy technology until the government determines renewable energy tariffs and a framework for deregulating the nation’s power industry, long monopolized by regional utilities.

Japan Introducing Carbon Tax Prompts Backlash From Businesses

Japan’s biggest business lobbyist attacked plans by the government to introduce a tax on carbon emissions next week, saying it will add billions of yen to industry’s energy costs and slow economic growth.

Noda Tells Wary Japanese Nuclear Power Is Needed to Save Economy

Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in his first days in office started to deliver a difficult message to a public still in shock from the Fukushima nuclear disaster: Atomic power is needed to save the economy.

Sparx Surges on Winning Local Government Mandate: Tokyo Mover

Sparx Group Co., a Japanese asset manager, had its biggest gain in almost two years in Tokyo trading, after winning a contract from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to start an infrastructure fund that will invest in the nation’s renewable energy industry.

Sumitomo Osaka Cement Counts on Biomass for Fuel

Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., a Japanese producer of energy fueled by organic materials, plans to cut its dependence on coal by using more biomass such as wood chips, a senior executive said.

Japan Ending Nuclear Age Risks $5 Trillion Economy as Komatsu, Sharp Walk

Japan’s Fukui prefecture helps Sharp Corp. make solar cells, generates cash for BHP Billiton Ltd. and keeps the lights on in the Kansai area, which has an economy the size of Mexico’s and is home to Panasonic Corp.

"The benefit is that it is baseload energy, unlike wind and solar."

- Yugo Nakamura on Mar 10, 2013

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Japanese Stocks Plunge Most Since March 2011 on Yields

Asian Stocks Plunge on China PMI as Japan Shares Plummet

Gold Halts Two-Day Decline as Stocks Drop on China Manufacturing

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Singapore’s Expansion Reduces Pressure to Ease Policy: Economy