Autumn drinks may be in Starbucks stores around Japan already, but some locations are still holding on to summer flavors like peach. On September 7, Starbucks Japan released two new tea flavors at ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Shinjiro Koizumi went to Madrid last December, the golden child of Japanese politics found himself cast as ...

A plan setting a share of 20% to 22% for nuclear power in Japan's energy mix by 2030 has been approved by a consultative committee. While scaling back fossil fuel use, the plan also calls for an ...

Coal is on its last gasp – only legacy energy sector policy stands in the way of a self-reliant, self-sustaining future. Since December, civil society protests have marked the Japanese government's ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 shook the world to its core. Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of states didn’t hesitate to publicly condemn Russia’s unilateral aggression and express ...

During my youth, when the holidays rolled around and the Christmas decorations came out, so did the set of beautiful, ornate, red and gold lacquered bowls my mother filled with rice crackers. Under ...

Three years after the Fukushima accident, which led to calls for Japan to phase-out nuclear power, the country's cabinet has given its approval to an energy policy that recommends the restart of its ...

The percentage of renewables in the global energy mix has risen significantly over the years due to, for example, lower costs for photovoltaic cells. The improved financial position of wind and solar ...

If I was to suggest that there was a difference between “pancakes” and “hotcakes” you’d probably say, “You’re crazy. Get off my Internet!” And yet if you go into a supermarket in Japan, you will find ...

Japan can – and should – pursue an energy mix that is both carbon-neutral and avoids reliance on nuclear energy. Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide, scheduled to have summit talks with U.S.