JX Energy Looks Beyond Japan as Oil Refiners Squeezed at Home

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. (5020), Japan’s largest oil refiner, is considering shrinking its presence at home and expanding elsewhere in Asia as the government squeezes the industry in the face of declining domestic fuel demand.

Tepco Strives for Milestone at Fukushima With Fuel Removal

Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans this month to begin removing spent fuel from the wrecked Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear facility, the most significant test to date of its ability to contain the threat stemming from the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

Japan moves closer to restarting nuclear reactors

TOKYO: Japan moved a step closer to restarting nuclear reactors Monday as four utility companies applied for safety inspections of 10 idled plants, the clearest sign of a return to atomic energy nearly two and a half years after the Fukushima disaster.