TOKYO -- Japan's environment minister has proposed increasing renewable power sources to more than 40% of the nation's energy mix by fiscal 2030, about twice the government's current goal.
Proposal is roughly double nation's current target range for fiscal 2030

Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is leading Japan's push to embrace renewable energy. (Photo by Kento Awashima)
TOKYO -- Japan's environment minister has proposed increasing renewable power sources to more than 40% of the nation's energy mix by fiscal 2030, about twice the government's current goal.