The concept of solar power has been around for some time, but it’s never been considered a practical means for satisfying the world’s energy needs. But as better methods for capturing and converting the sun’s rays into usable energy are developed, solar power is becoming widely adopted across many countries. [...]

Japan recently announced that a team of research scientists managed to successfully extract natural gas from an offshore deposit of methane hydrate. Methane hydrate, also known as clathrates or, more colloquially, as flammable ice, is a sherbert-like substance that forms when methane gas is trapped and pressurized in ice below [...]

Japanese truck manufacturer Hino introduced a concept all-electric delivery vehicle during the Tokyo Motor Show in 2011. This commercial vehicle allowed Hino to gauge interest from parcel companies and small businesses in short-range trucks powered by electricity. The next stage in Hino’s development of this concept is the EV Truck [...]

A metropolis is a large densely populated urban area that has a significant economic, political and cultural function to its inhabiting country or region. A city’s population has to exceed 1 million inhabitants to even be considered a metropolis in today’s context. Another term has been coined to describe cities [...]

The Tokyo Auto Salon 2013 in Chiba City kicked off the auto show season this week with intriguing entries from major automakers. Toyota promoted a concept vehicle with advanced carbon roof while Nissan’s Juke Nismo was premiered ahead of a February release in Japan. An interesting entry at the Salon [...]

The Outlander PHEV was previewed by Mitsubishi during the 2012 Paris Motor Show. This plug-in hybrid SUV was only months away from production and Mitsubishi hoped to spark international interest. The production version of the Outlander PHEV will be hitting Japanese showrooms starting in a few weeks. Mitsubishi is building [...]

This past weekend, the Japanese headed to the polls to take part in the first election since the catastrophic nuclear disaster. But the election results have anti-nuclear critics across the country shocked and baffled. Many of them are struggling to understand how the Liberal Democratic Party not only won, but [...]

It is a bold admission from a company that tried desperately to skirt around accusations that it was responsible for one of the worst nuclear accidents in 25 years. This week, the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant admitted its lack of safety controls and bad habits were [...]

Honda envisioned the future of city cars with the Micro Commuter Prototype EV presented at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. This platform not only used all-electric power but could be adapted to a variety of models outside of the city vehicle niche. The Micro Commuter Prototype is closer to hitting [...]

Kyocera Solar, a subsidiary of one of Japan’s biggest electronics manufacturers is set to produce and distribute 30MWs worth of solar power units to a new power plant being built in the Hokkaido Prefecture in North Japan. The news came on October the 8th 2012 as multinational electronic giant Kyocera [...]