The EU-Japan Centre in Tokyo is regularly publishing "Industry and Policy News" from various Japanese language sources of potential interest, including newly released policy documents, surveys, and official statements, in the context of EU-Japan industrial cooperation and is pleased to announce the November  - December 2021 issue. The topics covered in the November - December issue are asfollows.

JAPANESE INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS
November - December, 2021

Legislation and Policy News

    Mitsubishi Corporation / Chubu Electric Power Coalition wins bid,
all three locations in Akita & Chiba Offshore wind power generation
    2022 growth rate revised upward to 3.2%, Government economic outlook
    Assists up to JP\ 800,000 for EVs, JP\ 500,000 for micro EVs, etc. support for purchasing EVs and infrastructure development
    International shipping GHG reduction target, revised in 2023 to "more ambitious setting"

Company & Organization News

    Toshiba develops world's most efficient transmissive Cu2O solar cell, power generation efficiency is 8.4%
    Itochu acquires a British waste tire remanufacturing company to promote rubber and tire sustainability
    Toshiba develops "electricity market trading strategy AI" for re-energy aggregator
    Toyota to sell 3.5 million EVs worldwide in 2030
    No need for rare metals, light bulb emission with "wooden battery"
    Amazing technology to recover high-purity lithium from waste batteries, less than half the import price
    GE Hitachi receives an order for "small nuclear reactor" in Canada
    Marubeni introduces solar power generation in Ajinomoto, Vietnam with PPA model