Japan


Thursday, October 15, 2020
Suiso Frontier hydrogen ship
Environment

Japan Doubles Down On Massive Hydrogen Ship Plan

TOKYO, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Japan will seek to create a commercial hydrogen fuel supply chain by around 2030 to support reducing carbon emissions, Industry

October 15, 2020
Total Views: 781

Wednesday, July 29, 2020
U.S. Vows to Help Japan Monitor ‘Unprecedented’ Chinese Incursion Around Disputed East China Sea Islands
Shipping News

U.S. Vows to Help Japan Monitor ‘Unprecedented’ Chinese Incursion Around Disputed East China Sea Islands

By Tim Kelly TOKYO, July 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. military will help Japan monitor “unprecedented” Chinese incursions around East China Sea

July 29, 2020
Total Views: 35

Thursday, July 9, 2020
offshore wind farm
Offshore

Japan to Develop Offshore Wind Farms at 30 Sites in 10 Years, Nikkei Says

TOKYO, July 9 (Reuters) – Japan will craft new rules and support infrastructure in a drive that aims to build offshore wind farms at 30 sites during the

July 9, 2020
Total Views: 35

Monday, February 10, 2020
A worker near a ship under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries' Shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, May 13, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
News

Japan Takes Second Complaint to WTO Over South Korean Shipbuilding

BRUSSELS, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Japan launched a second complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday over support South Korea gives its shipbuilding

February 10, 2020
Total Views: 89

Monday, February 3, 2020
Japanese Warship Departs for Gulf of Oman to Patrol Oil Lifeline
Shipping News

Japanese Warship Departs for Gulf of Oman to Patrol Oil Lifeline

By Tim Kelly – YOKOSUKA, Feb 2 (Reuters) – A Japanese destroyer left for the Gulf of Oman on Sunday amid simmering Middle East tension to guard sea

February 3, 2020
Total Views: 109

Friday, January 24, 2020
Will Fukushima Waste Be Diluted And Dumped In The Pacific?
Environment

Will Fukushima Waste Be Diluted And Dumped In The Pacific?

By Aaron Sheldrick (Reuters) – At the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant north of Tokyo, workers in protective suits are still removing radioactive material

January 24, 2020
Total Views: 106

Monday, October 7, 2019
japanese coast guard search and rescue
Shipping News

North Korean Fishing Boat’s Crew Rescued After Colliding with Japanese Ship

By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Japan rescued about 60 North Korean crew members from a fishing boat that sank after it collided with a

October 7, 2019
Total Views: 40

Friday, August 2, 2019
cape sampagita
Finance

Japan’s K-Line Convicted Of Cartel Conduct By Australian Court

by Niyati Shetty (Reuters) Japanese shipping firm Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K-Line) was convicted of criminal cartel conduct and ordered to pay a A$34.5

August 2, 2019
Total Views: 95

japan-navy-warship
Navy

Japan Will Not Send Warships To Strait of Hormuz

by Tim Kelly (Reuters) – Japan will not send warships to join a U.S.-led maritime force to guard oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz fearing a military

August 2, 2019
Total Views: 80

Thursday, November 15, 2018
south Korean trawlers collision
Shipping News

Japanese, South Korean Trawlers Collide in Sea of Japan

TOKYO/SEOUL, Nov 15 (Reuters) – A South Korean trawler and a Japanese fishing boat collided in the Sea of Japan on Thursday about 330 km (205 miles)

November 15, 2018
Total Views: 41

Tuesday, November 13, 2018
A worker near a ship under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries' Shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, May 13, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
Shipbuilding

Japan Takes South Korea to WTO Over Financial Support for Shipbuilders

By Tom Miles GENEVA, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Japan has launched a complaint at the World Trade Organization to contest what it says is illegal financial

November 13, 2018
Total Views: 46

Saturday, November 3, 2018
japan-navy-warship
Navy

U.S. Navy Conducts Biggest Ever Japan Defense War Game

By Tim Kelly (Reuters) – U.S. fighter jets darted over the Western Pacific on Saturday as the nuclear powered USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier joined

November 3, 2018
Total Views: 96

Tuesday, October 23, 2018
oldendorff ship hits bridge
Shipping News

Cargo Ship Hits Bridge in Japan, Cutting Off Water Supply and Internet to 15,000

The Japanese island of Suo-Oshima is without water and internet this week after a ship hit a bridge on Monday, taking out piping on the underside of the

October 23, 2018
Total Views: 162

Tuesday, July 17, 2018
port of rotterdam
Shipping News

Japan, EU Sign Free Trade Pact Amid Worries About Trump

By Stanley White TOKYO, July 17 (Reuters) – Japan and the European Union signed a wide-ranging free trade deal on Tuesday that both sides hope will act

July 17, 2018
Total Views: 24

Sunday, June 24, 2018
lng tanker grand aniva
Shipping News

China Sails Past Japan to Become World’s Largest Buyer of Natural Gas

By Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — China’s drive for cleaner skies has pushed it past Japan to become the world’s largest buyer of natural gas, a

June 24, 2018
Total Views: 74

Friday, June 15, 2018
Trade routes of Rinko Corp
Shipping News

Tiny Japan Shipping Shares Jump On North Korea Detente Hopes

by Yoshiyuki Osada (Reuters) – Shares of small Japanese shippers jumped this week after the historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North

June 15, 2018
Total Views: 394

Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Japan Says Suspected Chinese Ship Spotted Breaking North Korea Sanctions
News

Japan Says Suspected Chinese Ship Spotted Breaking North Korea Sanctions

TOKYO, May 29 (Reuters) – Japan on Tuesday said it had detected what appeared to be a Chinese-flagged vessel, 350 km (218 miles) off Shanghai, conducting

May 29, 2018
Total Views: 22

Friday, March 30, 2018
yokohama port
News

Japan’s Sumitomo Eyes Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering in Tokyo Bay

OKYO (Reuters) – Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp says it signed a memorandum with Uyeno Transtech Ltd and Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corp

March 30, 2018
Total Views: 131

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Newly-appointed Commander of First Escort Division of JMSDF Ryoko Azuma salutes to soldiers in Yokohama
Navy

Japan’s Navy Appoints First Female Squadron Commander

by Nobuhiro Kubo (Reuters) – Japan’s navy on Tuesday appointed the first woman to command a warship squadron, including the flagship Izumo helicopter

March 6, 2018
Total Views: 158

Friday, February 2, 2018
Sanchi Oil Spill East China Sea
Oil Spill

Sanchi Oil Spill Drifts Toward Japan

by Osamu Tsukimori (Reuters) – Clumps of oil have washed up on the shores of southern Japan and there are fears they may be leaking from an Iranian crude

February 2, 2018
Total Views: 51