EnvironmentJapan companies show off carbon-free tech as Tokyo clings to coal
Panasonic and Chiyoda offer hydrogen-based options to cut carbon emissions
Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, right, is briefed on Japanese-made offshore wind generators at the COP25 climate gathering in Madrid.
KANOKO SAKAMOTO, Nikkei staff writer
December 13, 2019 07:38 JST
TOKYO -- While the Japanese government weathers criticism at a United Nations climate conference over its failure to renounce coal, the country's private sector is using the event to showcase technologies that can make a carbon-free society possible.