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Japan completes first ever gas extraction from seabed
2013-03-13 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Japan's state-run company, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National (JOGMEC), has become the first company in the world to extract gas from offshore methane hydrate deposits, using depressurisation technology.
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Japan warms to 'fire ice' potential
2013-03-12 22:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: Japan has moved closer to unlocking a potential new energy source, after a research group extracted methane gas from frozen undersea deposits for the first time. Japanese officials hope the achievement, in a test conducted off Japan's central Pacific coast, will win their resource-poor nation a measure of energy independence. It was announced a day after the second anniversary of the Fukushima earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis that crippled the country's atomic power industry and exposed...
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Apple quietly updates Maps in Japan
2013-03-12 18:10:41| CNET News.com
A behind-the-scenes change to Apple's mapping service fixes a handful of issues for users in Japan. [Read more]
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Japan Offers Springboard Over Great Firewall
2013-03-12 17:25:00| TechNewsWorld
Researchers at Japan's University of Tsukuba grad school have launched a virtual private network that could allow Chinese netizens to get around the country's zealous Internet police. The VPN is free and utilizes volunteers who have different Internet service providers around the world.
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Japan taps gas from methane hydrate
2013-03-12 10:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Japan says it has successfully extracted natural gas from frozen methane hydrate off its central coast, in a world first. Methane hydrates, or clathrates, are a type of frozen "cage" of molecules of methane and water. The gas field is about 50km away from Japan's main island, in the Nankai Trough. Researchers say it could provide an alternative energy source for Japan which imports all its energy needs. Other countries including Canada, the US and China have been looking into ways of...
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