June 21, 2018 Tokyo, Japan — On June 18, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) announced its “policy towards financing businesses with potentially significant adverse environmental and/or social impact” including coal-fired power, palm oil...

June 15 2018 Tokyo, Japan -- On June 13, Mizuho Financial Group (Mizuho) announced its adoption of a new "sector specific policy” on responsible financing. Japanese environmental groups ー 350.org Japan, Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment...

Niigata, June 10 2018 - The plans of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) for early restart of two reactors at Kashiwazaki Kariwa remain uncertain with the election of the new Governor of Niigata prefecture, Greenpeace Japan stated.

Tokyo, 5 June 2018 - Greenpeace Japan welcomes the Sumitomo Corporation’s announcement made on Friday 1 June, saying they are abandoning a plan to build a coal-fired power plant in Sendai, Japan.

May 17 2018 Tokyo, Japan -- The following is a joint statement issued by a group of Environmental NGOs ー 350.org Japan, Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES), Greenpeace Japan, Rainforest Action Network, FOE Japan,...

May 9, 2018 Tokyo, Japan -- In response to the Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company’s announcement on coal power plant finance restriction, a group of Environmental NGOs, Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES), Friends of the...

Tokyo, April 9, 2018 - 350.org Japan, joined by Rainforest Action Network (RAN) and Greenpeace Japan, drew attention to Japanese banks' persistent coal financing through a series of announcements ahead of the Responsible Investor Asia 2018 (RI...

Geneva, March 19 2018 - The Japanese government must immediately take measures to fully implement the Fukushima recommendations accepted today at the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), an evacuee mother from the nuclear disaster and...

Tokyo, 8 March 2018 - The Japanese government has announced that it had accepted all four recommendations made at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the rights of evacuees from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. The decision...

Tokyo, 1 March 2018 - A comprehensive survey by Greenpeace Japan in the towns of Iitate and Namie in Fukushima prefecture, including the exclusion zone, revealed radiation levels up to 100 times higher than the international limit for public...

Tokyo, 1 December 2017 – On 30 November, Kansai Electric and Kyushu Electric announced that they are delaying the restart of four nuclear reactors for approximately two months due to ongoing investigations into Kobe Steel components. Greenpeace...

Tokyo, 25 October 2017 - Japan’s nuclear regulator must take urgent action to launch a comprehensive investigation into the supply and widespread use of potentially flawed Kobe Steel products in the Japanese nuclear industry, Greenpeace and five...

Tokyo, 4 October 2017 - Japan’s nuclear regulator today granted preliminary safety approval for two Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reactors at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear plant despite widespread public opposition. These are the first...

Tokyo, 21 September 2017 - The arrival of a shipment of plutonium fuel at the Kansai Electric Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui prefecture highlights the near complete failure of Japan’s nuclear policy and the disregard for nuclear proliferation...

Tokyo, 5 July 2017 – The plutonium MOX fuel shipment that will depart France to the Takahama unit 4 reactor today highlights both the risks and failure of Japan’s nuclear fuel cycle policy, Greenpeace warned today. Plutonium MOX fuel use reduces...

Today, the trial of three former TEPCO executives charged with ‘criminal negligence resulting in death’ for their role in the Fukushima nuclear disaster will open. Prosecutors contend that former TEPCO Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata and two...