TOKYO -- Japanese power utilities are stepping up fundraising as high resource prices and a weak yen deplete their cash holdings, with total bond offerings this fiscal year set to rise 6% to 1.73 trillion yen ($12.4 billion).
Bond offerings by eight companies reach 24-year high

Tohoku Electric will issue bonds to finance safety measures for the Onagawa nuclear power plant.
TOKYO -- Japanese power utilities are stepping up fundraising as high resource prices and a weak yen deplete their cash holdings, with total bond offerings this fiscal year set to rise 6% to 1.73 trillion yen ($12.4 billion).