Chairman’s Message

2024
October	Chairman’s Message for October 2024：“New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his energy policy”
September	Chairman’s Message for September 2024：“The Legacy of PM Fumio Kishida and the remaining issues”
August	Chairman’s Message for August 2024：“Without transmission, No transition”
July	Chairman’s Message for July 2024：“The 7th Strategic Energy Plan of Japan: The points to watch”
June	Chairman’s Message for June 2024：“Challenges for the power sector: The need for changes”
May	Chairman’s Message for May 2024：“Japan’s Hydrogen Promotion Act: Framework for Market Creation”
April	Chairman’s Message for April 2024：“CBAM vs. International Trade”
March	Chairman’s Message for March 2024 Special Edition：“Pause on Pending Approvals of LNG Exports: Problems that need to be addressed"
March	Chairman’s Message for March 2024：“The gap between aspiration and reality: The need for Plan B”
February	Chairman’s Message for February 2024：“Progress Report of Japan’s GX Strategy”
January	Chairman’s Message for January 2024：“COP 28: Inclusiveness, Breadth, Challenges”

2023
December	Chairman’s Message for December 2023：“Demand Side Approaches to Critical Minerals”
November	Chairman’s Message for November 2023：“Long transition with uncertainties”
October	Chairman’s Message for October 2023：“The rare earths embargo of 2010 and its lessons”
September	Chairman’s Message for September 2023：“G20 New Delhi: Accomplishments and remaining issues”
August	Chairman’s Message for August 2023：“G20: The voice of the Global South in energy policy”
July	Message for July 2023 -Why are energy outlooks so different? It is the demand!-
June	Message for June 2023 -Japan’s Second Hydrogen Strategy-
May	Message for May 2023 -G7 Ministerial Communiqué ~ “Common Goal, Various Pathways”
April	Message for April 2023 -The need to integrate Economic Security and Global Climate Change policies-
March	Message for March 2023 -Why Energy Efficiency?-
February	Message for February 2023 -50 years after the First Oil Crisis: Lessons to remember today-
January	Message for January 2023 -What is GX?-

2022
December	Message for December 2022 - Asian Zero Emission Community -
November	Message for November 2022 - The global energy outlook -
October	Message for October 2022 -Nuclear policy in Japan:a new phase of discussion-
September	Message for September 2022 -Views from Asia-
August	Message for August 2022 -Takeaways from the 43rd IAEE Tokyo International Conference-
July	Message for July 2022 -G7 Summit Meeting and its significance-
June	Message for June 2022 -The View from Asia-
May	Message for May 2022 -De-Russianization-
April	Message for April 2022 - Trade and Environment-