Toshiba stops taking orders for coal-fired power plants

Company plans to boost renewables investment fivefold as Japan targets zero emissions

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Toshiba is ditching its coal-related businesses for cleaner sources of energy. (Source photos by AFP/Jiji and AP) 

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Toshiba will stop taking orders for new coal-fired power plants, moving in line with a global shift toward reducing carbon emissions, Nikkei learned on Tuesday,

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