TOKYO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Japan wants renewable energy to account ... proposes increasing renewables to between 40% and 50% of power supplies in the 2040 fiscal year, roughly doubling the 22.9 ...

The current supply shortages have been caused in part by a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake off northeast Japan last week that killed at least two people and damaged several thermal power plants.

A series of powerful earthquakes that shook southwest Japan this week has also disrupted the electronics supply chain ... automotive chips and the latter power devices. Operations were suspended ...

The Japanese government on Tuesday issued its first-ever power supply warning amid a power shortage after an earthquake last week shut several plants, with the deficit compounded by technical ...

It said appropriate uses of air conditioning included to “prevent heatstroke.” Japan’s power supply has been tight since March, when an earthquake in the northeast forced some nuclear power ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has ... “In order to overcome our imminent crisis of a power supply crunch, we must take our utmost steps to mobilise all possible policies in the coming ...

Millions of people in Tokyo are being urged to turn their lights off to save electricity as an "unusually intense" heatwave sees power supplies dwindle. Japanese officials say demand for ...

Japan wants ... hikes and supply disruptions," the draft said. The industry ministry's policy draft unveiled on Tuesday proposes increasing renewables to between 40% and 50% of power supplies ...