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Kyocera Corporation and Nichicon Corporation announced that the two companies have completed an agreement for Kyocera to begin domestic sales this summer of a new energy management system which combines Kyocera's highly reliable solar power generating systems with Nichicon's long-lasting, high-capacity lithium-ion battery storage units. (more here…) Related items Wireless Glue Networks Exhibits Energy...
Elpida Memory has announced that the company has developed its first-ever high-speed non-volatile resistance memory (ReRAM) prototype, jointly with Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). Built using a 50nm process technology, the prototype chip has a memory cell array operation of 64 megabits – one of the highest densities possible for...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The shutdown in Sudanese oil supply could drive up already record premiums on spot crude markets as top Sudan customers China and Japan scramble for alternatives even as they weigh the impact on oil flows of international sanctions on Iran. South Sudan has shut down its oil output, estimated at around...
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's population is expected to fall by 30 percent to below 90 million by 2060, with two out of every five people 65 or older, a government agency said on Monday, underlining the financial burden looming over the fast-aging society. The grim forecast underscores the failure of efforts to encourage people...
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FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Dogs and cats that were abandoned in the Fukushima exclusion zone after last year's nuclear crisis have had to survive high radiation and a lack of food, and they are now struggling with the region's freezing winter weather. "If left alone, tens of them will die everyday. Unlike well-fed animals...
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's Nikkei average declined for a third straight session on Monday, hit by a slide in Mitsubishi Electric shares after the government suspended dealings with the firm. But investors remained hopeful that Greece and its private creditors would be able to clinch a long-awaited debt swap deal this week and avoid...
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TOKYO (TheStreet) — Exxon Mobil says it will sell its Japanese subsidiary to partner TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K in a deal valued at about $3.9 billion. "This will result in a single, integrated downstream business better positioned to meet Japan's energy needs," Exxon said in a news release. The subsidiary, ExxonMobil Yugen Kaisha, currently is...
TOKYO (AP) – Exxon Mobil Corp. is selling its Japanese refining and marketing business to partner TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. in a $3.9 billion deal that reflects a long-term decline in Japan's demand for fuel and a global strategy to refocus on exploration. (read the story…) Related items Exxon selling Japanese subsidiary in $3.9B deal...
Reuters – Japan’s stricken nuclear power plant has leaked more than 600 liters of water, forcing it to briefly suspend cooling operations at a spent-fuel pond at the weekend, but none is thought to have escaped into the ocean, the plant’s operator and domestic media said. (read the story…) Related items Water leaks from...
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