Sachiko Suzuki is Asia climate and energy analyst for Market Forces, a Melbourne-based initiative researching the financing of environmentally destructive projects.
Japan's largest trading and energy companies have a responsibility to step up and help rather than hinder the transition to clean and renewable energy. Yet the seven biggest Japanese trading houses -- also known as sogo shosha -- including Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsui & Co. and Sumitomo Corp., along with JERA, the country's largest power company, are exacerbating Asia's dependence on gas and fueling harmful climate change with impunity.
