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Japanese Industry and Policy News November - December 2021

JAPANESE INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS
November - December, 2021

Legislation and Policy News

Local Decarbonisation in Japan: Municipalities, Regions and Clusters on the Road to Carbon Neutrality

This report takes a look at Japan’s decarbonisation strategies, with a focus on the local and regional levels. At the core of the report are a few main research questions. First, what role do Japanese municipalities and regions play in the transition to a decarbonised society? How do cities understand this role, and what programs have been implemented in service of a commitment to a greener future? What opportunities exist for a diversity of actors—residents, governments, businesses—to collaborate on decarbonisation?

EU-Japan Newsletter, Issue #76

December 2021 - EU-Japan NEWS - the Centre's newsletter is now available on WEB

Japanese Industry and Policy News October - November 2021

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JAPANESE INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS
October - November, 2021

High performance energy storage | Skeleton Technologies X Marubeni

Japanese trading giant Marubeni invested in March 2021 in Skeleton Technologies, an Estonian startup manufacturing ultracapacitors, an essential component of high capacity energy storage devices. The two companies also entered a strategic partnership to expand the sales and distribution of ultracapacitors to the Japanese and Asian market, in sectors such as vehicle manufacturing, smart cities and distributed renewable energy systems.

Electric Mobility | CaetanoBus X Mitsui

Mitsui, one of Japan’s leading general trading companies, formed a strategic alliance with Portuguese manufacturer of buses, CaetanoBus in December 2017. Together, they have the vision to contribute to the reduction of air pollution by promoting the sales and expansion of electric buses worldwide.

Japanese Industry and Policy News September - October 2021

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JAPANESE INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS
September - October, 2021

EU-Japan Newsletter, Issue #75

October 2021 - EU-Japan NEWS - the Centre's newsletter is now available on WEB

POST-PANDEMIC INDUSTRIES: Opportunities for EU & Japanese Businesses in Adapting Together, to a post-COVID-19 World

The research, in short, aims to show how the pandemic has affected our industries so far, and how it will in the years to come.

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Japanese Industry and Policy News August - September 2021

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JAPANESE INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS
August-September, 2021

Floating solar power | Ciel & Terre X Minna Denryoku

Ciel & Terre, a European leader of floating solar technologies, and Minna Denryoku, an independant Japanese renewable energy retailer, teamed up in 2018 to produce and distribute renewable electricity from floating solar photovoltaic plants on agricultural ponds while financially supporting local farmers in Minamiawaji, in the west of Japan.

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