TOKYO -- Japan bolstered cooperation with Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore on ammonia and hydrogen fuel under new agreements clinched by Japan's trade minster this week, but the approach has raised international criticism as helping coal power.
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Coal barges in Samarinda, Indonesia. Coal and other fossil fuels generate the vast majority of electricity in Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore. © Reuters
TOKYO -- Japan bolstered cooperation with Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore on ammonia and hydrogen fuel under new agreements clinched by Japan's trade minster this week, but the approach has raised international criticism as helping coal power.