OSAKIKAMIJIMA, Japan -- On a small island in western Japan's Hiroshima prefecture, reachable only by a 30-minute ferry ride from the mainland, a decadelong attempt to prove coal can be made "clean" is drawing to an end -- though its accomplishments face a murky future.
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Japan's 'clean coal' power experiment is starting to bear fruit
But yearslong project faces headwinds amid cost questions, global criticism
Japan is winding down a project aimed at using technology to make the burning of coal to generate power less environmentally damaging. (Photo by Sayumi Take)
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