TOKYO -- Mizuho Financial Group will provide financing to help close coal power plants ahead of schedule in Southeast Asia and elsewhere, amid Western criticism of the role that Japanese bank loans have played in promoting the fuel.
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Japan's Mizuho to fund coal plant shutdowns in Southeast Asia
Major bank eases lending rules to help facilitate decarbonization
Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia still rely heavily on coal power. © Reuters
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