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"IEEJ Outlook 2026", Deepening Uncertainties Surrounding the Challenges of Energy Transition: A Widening Gap Between the Ideal and the Reality, has been released.
Global electricity demand for data centers was flat until 2019. It started to rise in part by the shift to working from home, which in turn has driven the growth in cloud service after the …
Tatsuya Terazawa Chairman and CEO
IEEJ, the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, the energy think tank that I chair, has issued its annual global energy outlook on October 17. IEEJ’s outlook is forecast-based, in contrast to backcast-based projections such as …
While PM Shigeru Ishiba has been struggling with political difficulties following the defeat in the Upper House election in July, he has also been leading Japan in a series of international energy initiatives …
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Author: Hiroshi Hashimoto The Council of the European Union made announcements on 20 and 23 October, respectively, on measures to phase out and ban Russian LNG import into the EU. The first one (2.1 below) was on a draft regulation, and the ...
Author: Ken Koyama From November 12 to 14, I visited London and Washington, D.C., where I had the privilege of delivering presentations on the IEEJ Outlook 2026 (hereafter referred to as “the Outlook”) together with...
This episode is talking about “Energy Efficiency of AI & Energy Efficiency by AI”. How AI is driving up energy demand—especially in data centers—and how improving its...
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Author: Shoichi Itoh The escalation of U.S.-China rivalry reminds us of the fact that international struggles among big powers and energy markets are inextricably linked. The linkage between securing critical minerals, including ...
Author: Ken Koyama Energy is an indispensable commodity for sustaining daily life and economic activity. Moreover, given its potential to influence military operations and national security, energy possesses the characteristics of a ...
Author: Akiko Yoshioka At the end of September 2025, crude exports from northern Iraq to Turkey resumed for the first time in two and a half years. As of mid-October, about 200–205 kb/d are being exported through the pipeline to ...
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Speaker : Seiya Endo, Soichi MorimotoModerator: Yukari Yamashita (IEEJ)Video for the 19th IEEJ Webinar for the World (2025.11.11)
Author: Ken Koyama On November 6–7, I had the opportunity to visit Canberra, the capital of Australia, to engage in discussions with members of the Australian Parliament, government officials, and stakeholders from the ...
Author: Yoshikazu Koabyashi In recent years, there has been a growing trend toward restricting trade in goods considered “critical materials,” such as China’s export controls on rare earth elements and the United States’ export restrictions on...
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Realism and Liberalism in Economic Security
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Discussion in the UK and the US on the “IEEJ Outlook 2026”
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Securitization of Critical Minerals: Toward Enhancement of Japan-U.S. Cooperation
SpeakerTatsuya Terazawa
Energy Efficiency of AI & Energy Efficiency by AI
Speakers:Akira Yanagisawa, Tetsuo Morikawa, Takafumi Yanagisawa, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Tohru Shimizu, Kenichi Onishi, Yasushi Ninomiya, Tatsuya Hagita, Kenji Kimura, Seonghee Kim, Tatsuya Terazawa (IEEJ) *Language: Japanese
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Speaker:Mr. Takahiko Tagami, Ms. Mai Kojima(IEEJ) Commentator:Prof. Jun Arima(GraSPP, Chief Sustainability Officer, JOGMEC) *Language: Japanese
Speaker: Dr. Leonardo Paoli, Clean energy technology analyst, IEA Commentator: Mr. Hiroshi Maeda, Director for Automotive Industry, METI
Speaker:Tadanori Sasaki (IEEJ) Moderator: Ichiro Kutani (IEEJ) *Language: Japanese
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