Topics covered on the June 2023 issue:

・This was compiled by “Weekly Japanese Industrial and Policy News”.

Legislation and Policy News
-    Government decides on inbound expansion action plan
-    Second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution was held
-    Government revises basic hydrogen strategy, supplying six times by 2040
-    Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry sets 2030 total sales target for domestic semiconductor companies at JP￥15 trillion
-    The government proposes regulations on App distribution to Apple and Google
-    Unfair Trade Report: “Concerns about economic coercion grow with China in mind”
-    Japan and Australia move forward to build a hydrogen supply network using large liquefied hydrogen carriers　
-    WTO judges China's anti-dumping measures on Japanese stainless-steel products to be in violation
-    METI holds 1st Asian Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Meeting
-    METI held Japan and Ukraine Public-Private Roundtable
-    METI Minister Nishimura attends the 3rd Japan-EU High-Level Economic Dialogue
-    METI summarizes the direction of negative emission technologies (NETs)

Survey and Business Data
-    The birth rate in 2022 was 1.26, the lowest ever
-    Japan's competitiveness ranks 35th in the world, lowest ever in the World Competitiveness Ranking 2023
-    Japan drops to 125th on the gender equality index

Company & Organization News
-    Three Japanese companies, a Singaporean company, and an Australian company to build a green hydrogen supply network
-    Itochu and Neste to sell renewable diesel in Japan
-    JOGMEC invests in Waterberg platinum group metal project in South Africa
-    Bridgestone pyrolyzes used tires to recycle oil and carbon 
-    Itochu forms partnership with UK CFP to expand emissions trading
-    JOGMEC Selects "Advanced CCS Project"
-    EnBW, VNG and JERA plan feasibility study for an ammonia cracker demonstration plant in Rostock
-    New HondaJet, crosses the U.S. without refueling
-    Toyota launches all-solid-state battery EV in 2027, charging 10 minutes 1,200 km
-    Mitsubishi Corporation establishes new company in the Netherlands to produce and sell hydrogen
-    Use of liquefied biomethane (LBM) derived from livestock manure as ship fuel
-    JIC to acquire JSR, a leading semiconductor materials manufacturer, for approximately JP￥1 trillion 
-    Mitsui & Co. launches underground CO2 storage business in Malaysia
-    JOGMEC publishes guidelines for calculating carbon intensity (CI guidelines)

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