je.st
news
Tag: japan
Japan regulators OK costly ice wall at Fukushima plant
2016-03-30 14:39:50| Energy - Topix.net
Japanese regulators on Wednesday approved the launch of an unprecedented refrigeration structure resembling giant popsicles that would form a huge underground frozen barrier around the wrecked Fukushima nuclear reactor buildings in a desperate bid to contain contaminated water. The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., said it planned to turn on the ice wall Thursday, in an attempt to minimize the risk of contaminated water escaping into the water.
Five years after Japan quake, rewiring of auto supply chain hits limits
2016-03-30 09:06:26| Automakers - Topix.net
Five years after a huge earthquake temporarily crippled parts of Japan's auto supply chain, some companies have adjusted the industry's famed "Just in Time" production philosophy in a bid to limit any repeat of the costly global disruption. The quake exposed the vulnerability of a system pioneered after World War Two by Toyota Motor Corp , under which companies aim to boost efficiency by receiving small quantities of parts from suppliers only when needed.
Japan environment minister won't give up on carbon pricing
2016-03-30 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Carbon Pulse: Japan Environment Minister Tamayo Marukawa on Tuesday released her long-term vision on climate change, opting to include carbon pricing as part of her preferred future policy portfolio despite lingering opposition in other quarters of government. Japan Environment Minister Tamayo Marukawa on Tuesday released her long-term vision on climate change, opting to include carbon pricing as part of her preferred future policy portfolio despite lingering opposition in other quarters of government. Marukawas...
Tags: give
japan
environment
pricing
Japan firms boost bluefin farming as sea stocks decline
2016-03-30 08:48:57| Food - Topix.net
Japanese companies are increasingly looking to bluefin tuna farming as a source of growth as its population in the sea declines. Food-maker Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd. is researching how to farm bluefin by artificially hatching eggs or fattening juvenile fish to maturity.
VIDEO: Can ninjas and women divers help Japan?
2016-03-30 01:04:27| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Could Japan's famed ninja warriors and traditional women divers help turn around the fortunes of Japan's remote Mie region?
Sites : [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] [121] [122] next »