India-Japan to develop a port in Bangladesh for alternative to the Siliguri route
Ties between India and Bangladesh will be further strengthened with the ruling Bangladesh Awami League’s landslid victory in the general elections of the country.
Don’t rub your eyes! Africa’s Morocco has got a bullet train even before India
Even as India waits for its first bullet train, interestingly Africa’s Morocco has already got a high-speed train!
Japan to get interest forever on low-cost funds extended to the Railways
Japan will get interest repayment in perpetuity or forever for the low-cost loan that it extended to India for building the western dedicated rail freight corridor. The interest will be about ₹2,800 crore every year.
Japan, South Korea steel exports to India surge on tariffs, high-end demand
India is being hit by a wave of steel from producers in Japan and South Korea, a government document showed, as mills there redirect supply after U.S. President Donald Trump slapped an import duty on the alloy earlier this year.
Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel to be launched in 2020
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Chubu Electric Power , Toyota Tsusho, and Nippon Yusen KK said on Friday that their joint venture has placed an order for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel with Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Japan nuclear agency urges measures to cut plutonium stocks
Japan’s nuclear policy-setting body on Thursday endorsed a call for stricter management of its fuel recycling program to reduce its plutonium stockpile.
Japan aims for 24% renewable energy but keeps nuclear central
Japan’s government today pledged to modestly boost the amount of energy coming from renewable sources to around a quarter in a new plan that also keeps nuclear power central to the country’s policy.
Moon suggests Russian gas be piped to Koreas, Japan
New pipelines could be laid to bring Russian gas through North Korea to the South and even on to Japan following the diplomatic thaw with Pyongyang, Seoul’s leader suggested today.
Sanjeev Sinha proposes to invest at CII Railways-Industry Forum
“Bullet Man” Sanjeev Sinha flew from Tokyo specially to speak on CII organized Railways Industry Forum which was concluded today at New Delhi in presence of Hon’ble Minister of Finance, Railways, Coal and Corporate Affairs Piyush Goyal and other dignitaries.
Rich nations spend $100 bln a year on fossil fuels despite climate pledges
The world’s major industrial democracies spend at least $100 billion each year to prop up oil, gas and coal consumption, despite vows to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2025, a report said on Monday ahead of the G7 summit in Canada.
