Monthly Japanese Industry and Policy News April 2023 Issue Available Now

The EU-Japan Centre’s office in Tokyo is regularly publishing "Industry and Policy News”. By screening various Japanese language sources of potential interest, including newly released policy documents, surveys, and official statements, this newsletter aims to provide information in the context of EU-Japan industrial cooperation. The topics of the April 2023 issue are as follows.

The Centre is also publishing on a weekly basis. The weekly releases are available on the following website with a new issue every Friday https://www.eu-japan.eu/news.                                                                                                    

This news was compiled by “Weekly Japanese Industry and Policy News”.

Legislation and Policy News
-    METI releases roadmap for transition finance in automobile sector summary
-    Hydrogen supply, 6 times to 12 million tons in 40 years for decarbonization
-    IAEA publishes results of safety review of ALPS-treated water
-    G7 environment ministers' meeting closes, agreement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50% in automobile sector
-    WTO judges India's measures to raise tariffs on ICT products to be in breach of agreement
-    Closing of the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting
-    International standard for drone traffic management system issued
-    Start of heatstroke warning alert operation, when heat index is 33 or higher

Survey and Business Data
-    Fiscal 2021 greenhouse gas emissions increase for the first time in four years　
-    Japan's population will fall below 100 million in 2056, and will decrease by 30% to 87 million in 2070

Company & Organization News
-    NEC establishes subsidiary in Europe for global growth in drug discovery business
-    Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association reaffirms direction with automakers' associations to achieve CN by 2050
-    New electric power Octopus UK invests in Japanese renewable energy company
-    Idemitsu concludes MOU with HIF to build “Synthetic Fuel” supply network for renewable hydrogen and CO2
-    Sumitomo Corporation and others start construction of 500MW offshore wind farm in France
-    NEDO Releases "Ocean Wind Condition Observation Guidebook"
-    Developing a turquoise hydrogen production base in central Japan by collaborating with Australia's Hazer
-    Japan Radio develops "6-axis vibration correction device with bridge" for offshore wind power generation facilities, to be launched in 2024
-    JR West develops fuel cell trains, establishing bases for hydrogen supply and transportation at stations
-    Idemitsu to produce clean hydrogen from waste
-    JOGMEC to collaborate with Indonesian state-owned company on CCS and hydrogen production
-    JGC implements “Fry to Fly” project, used cooking oil utilization project to expand SAF
-    “Possibility of melting of the East Antarctic ice sheet due to global warming'' AIST warns against the risk of rising sea levels
-    First private moon landing failure
-    Toyota's global sales in FY 2022 reach record high of 9.6 million units
-    PwC Japan survey shows decline in number of patent applications for renewable energy in Japan