TOKYO -- Despite growing global pushback against coal-fired power plants, the state-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation plans to continue financing such projects overseas, bucking growing divestment efforts among private-sector lenders.
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Japan government lender won't get out of coal overseas
Others will provide financing if Tokyo doesn't, JBIC chief argues
Smoke billows from a coal-fired power plant in Harbin, China. Coal is facing headwinds around the world for the amount of carbon emissions it produces. © Reuters
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