#meti — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #meti, aggregated by home.social.
-
Government agencies and ministries have submitted their tax system reform requests for fiscal 2027, including measures aimed at realizing a strong economy such as spurring companies' growth investments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/01/economy/tax-reform-requests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy #taxes #rapidus #meti #chipmakers #wages
-
Japan is moving toward abolishing its loss-making Cool Japan Fund aimed at promoting Japanese content overseas, instead pivoting to a separate program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/21/japan/politics/cool-japan-fund/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #meti #cooljapan #ryoseiakazawa
-
Japan's industry ministry has asked suppliers of liquefied petroleum gas to inspect equipment, after reporting that leaked gas was "highly likely" to have caused an explosion at Aeon Mall Kumamoto that killed seven. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/06/japan/meti-instructs-gas-inspections/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #aeon #kumamoto #earthquakes #2026kumamotoearthquake #meti
-
The government plans to expand financial support to companies investing in pipeline projects overseas, as part of efforts to strengthen alternative transportation routes in the Gulf region to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/28/economy/japan-government-support-overseas-oil-investments/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #oil #middleeast #meti
-
One year since Japan reached a deal with the United States in tariff negotiations, Japan's investments in U.S. projects promised under the pact has reached about 20% of the planned total. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/19/20-percent-japan-pledged-us-investments-underway/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tariffs #usjapanrelations #trade #ryoseiakazawa #meti #donaldtrump
-
Micron Technology on Saturday broke ground on the expansion of its factory in Hiroshima Prefecture, a ¥1.5 trillion ($9.3 billion) undertaking to produce advanced memory chips. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/05/companies/micron-hiroshima-chip-plant-groundbreaking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #microntechnology #chipmakers #ryoseiakazawa #hiroshima #ai #meti
-
Japan's industry ministry said it would provide ¥387.3 billion in aid for a project to develop a domestic model that serves as the foundation of a physical artificial intelligence system that controls robots. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/30/companies/physical-ai-meti-aid-model/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #meti #ai #robots #startups #softbank #noetra
-
Japan's industry ministry plans to establish a council to consider ending Cool Japan Fund, a public-private initiative aimed at promoting Japanese culture and products overseas, according to sources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/25/japan/cool-japan-fund-future/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #meti #cooljapan
-
Japan's industry ministry and the International Atomic Energy Agency have agreed to cooperate on the development of small modular nuclear reactors (SMR). https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/24/japan/japan-iaea-team-modular-reactors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rafaelgrossi #ryoseiakazawa #iaea #tepco #nuclearenergy #nuclearwaste #meti
-
Finished a book on attempts to send Messages to Extraterrestrial Intelligence #METI: how do you construct a message that can be understood by a hypothetical alien we will never meet or converse with, and what should be in the message? My interest in this comes because Hans Freudenthal, inventor of the Lingua Cosmica (Lincos), was earlier taught by, and collaborated with, Brouwer. But it turns out there's a much more direct #typeTheory link, as Alexander Ollengren proposed an extension to Lincos built on the Calculus of Inductive Constructions! I can't recommend the book though, because despite being written by a journalist rather than an academic it's written in a rather dull way, with no sense of flair and fun in what is, after all, a pretty eccentric enterprise. Also, the explanations of the logical and type theoretic ideas were a bit garbled.
-
Japan needs to rebuild between two and five aging nuclear reactors by the 2040s and as many as 11 to 14 by the 2050s to secure stable power supply, the industry ministry said in a policy proposal on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/05/japan/japan-rebuilding-nuclear-power-plants/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearenergy #electricity #energy #meti
-
Japanese officials who visited Moscow met commodity exporters along with Russian government representatives in a rare high-level contact since Putin ordered the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/04/moscow-lng-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #russia #russiajapanrelations #lng #energy #meti
-
[Перевод] Почему радиоастрономы убеждены, что контакт с инопланетянами — лишь вопрос времени
Более пяти десятилетий назад астроном Фрэнк Дрейк использовал одну из крупнейших на Земле радиоантенн, чтобы отправить в космос закодированное сообщение, надеясь, что однажды оно достигнет глаз, ушей или других непостижимых органов чувств разумных инопланетян. Бесшумно прорезая Млечный Путь со скоростью света, ставшее теперь знаменитым сообщение Аресибо пролетело уже около 50 световых лет от Земли — это примерно в 10 раз больше расстояния до ближайшей звезды, Проксимы Центавра, но составляет лишь одну пятисотую часть пути до его предполагаемого пункта назначения в созвездии Геркулеса. Поиск внеземного разума (SETI) — это игра в ожидание, но для радиоастронома Эммы Чепмен , астрофизика из Ноттингемского университета, вопрос о том, удастся ли человечеству когда-нибудь установить контакт с внеземной жизнью, звучит не как «удастся ли», а как «когда». Вселенная слишком обширна и богата планетами, чтобы человечество было единственной разновидностью жизни в ней, пишет Чепмен в своей новой книге « The Echoing Universe: How Radio Astronomy Helps Us See the Invisible Cosmos » (Basic Books, 2026). И когда мы действительно услышим наших гипотетических инопланетных соседей, радиоастрономы будут первыми, кто об этом узнает.
-
Japanese government officials visiting Russia said their visit was aimed at protecting the assets of Japanese companies doing business in Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/28/japan/japan-officials-russia-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #russiajapanrelations #russiaukrainewar #meti #foreignministry
-
Japan may send government officials to Russia as early as the end of May to maintain communications with Moscow to support its companies that are still operating there, report says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/10/companies/japanese-companies-in-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #russiajapanrelations #russia #meti
-
Japan is strengthening cybersecurity for its space sector as growing cyber threats and the integration of advanced technologies make satellites and related systems increasingly vulnerable. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/01/world/japan-space-systems-cybersecurity-threats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #sanaetakaichi #us #russia #ukraine #noaa #starlink #spacex #jaxa #meti #isac #iog #space #cybersecurity
-
The industry ministry said Friday that it will provide up to ¥60 billion ($375 million) in aid for a state-of-the-art image sensor plant being built in southwestern Japan by Sony. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/17/companies/sony-japan-government-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sony #meti #kumamoto #cameras #selfdriving #phones
-
Global economic challenges present an opportunity for Prime Minister Takaichi to build the next generation of "national champions." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/04/05/world/takaichis-path-as-crisis-manager/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #sanaetakaichi #ldp #donaldtrump #china #iran #us #meti #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #japaneseeconomy
-
Crude oil shipments bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively closed, are expected to arrive in Japan from May, industry ministry officials have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/04/oil-bypassing-hormuz-japan-may/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #iran #middleeast #oil #meti
-
Japan's deregulated utility market was meant to give consumers more choice, but complaints about misleading electricity and gas contracts continue to pile up. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/30/japan/electricity-gas-contracts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #utilities #electricity #energy #meti
-
Japan will allow more use of coal-fired power plants in an effort to boost security of supply to cope with the energy shock from the war in the Middle East. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/27/coal-power-plants-energy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #coal #energy #oil #meti #iran #lng
-
Japan started the largest-ever release of oil from its strategic reserves — 15 days’ worth of domestic demand from mandatory private reserves and one month from national reserves — as crude oil prices continue to soar. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/16/economy/oil-release-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #oil #energy #meti
-
Japan begins its largest-ever oil release from strategic reserves
Japan started the largest-ever release of oil from its strategic reserves on Monday, an 80 million-barrel effort as…
#NewsBeep #News #Economy #Business #Energy #Iran #METI #MiddleEast #Oil #U.S. #UK #UnitedKingdom #Yen
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/478870/ -
Japan and the United States agreed to launch a framework in which the two countries will quickly work together to prevent disruptions to critical mineral supplies, industry minister Ryosei Akazawa said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/16/economy/us-mineral-supply-chain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #meti #dougburgum #rareearths #energy #economicsecurity
-
Industry minister Ryosei Akazawa has called on countries and regions in Asia to diversify energy supply sources amid rising Middle East tensions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/15/akazawa-energy-supply-sources/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #ryoseiakazawa #energy #meti #ryoseiakazawa #straitofhormuz #iran #oil #lng
-
Japan's industry minister Ryosei Akazawa on Saturday asked Australia, Japan's biggest supplier of liquefied natural gas, to boost output in light of the Middle East crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/14/australia-lng-boost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #australia #australiajapanrelations #lng #energy #middleeast #iran #meti #ryoseiakazawa
-
The difference between a high-power, targeted #METI transmission 📶 and the passive leakage of media signals : If you want to communicate with a camp on the other side of the lake, you could kneel down at the end of the lake and slap the water in #Morse code. If they are spectacularly technologically advanced, they might build instruments that would be able to parse out your Morse code. But then you whip out your laser-pointer and point it at their dock" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/28/magazine/greetings-et-please-dont-murder-us.html
-
@TerryHancock Looking back on the last fifty years, I assume that in the next 50 years it will become technically feasible to transmit #METI signals permanently in all directions. The question is whether we should expect future generations to deal with the possible consequences 🤔
-
August 2023:
Explainer | Why do many scientists oppose #Fukushima #radioactive waste discharge?
The release of treated waste water from the #NuclearPlant has begun, despite concerns from major scientific organisations
IAEA is monitoring the operation but many experts are questioning the amount of data being collected
by Victoria Bela
Published: 2:05pm, 30 Aug 2023"Japan’s decision to start releasing around 30 years’ worth of treated radioactive waste into the #PacificOcean on #August24 has drawn criticism from some countries, including China, as well as some of the world’s leading scientific organisations.
"The plan to deal with the 1.3 million tonnes of contaminated water accumulated since the #FukushimaDaiichi #NuclearPowerPlant meltdown in 2011 includes removing most of the radioactive chemicals before it is discharged into the ocean.
[...]
"However, the ALPS has been shown to be unsuccessful in filtering out the other 62 radioactive chemicals present in the waste water, according to data from the Japanese ministry for economy, trade and industry (#METI).
"According to METI, around 70 per cent of ALPS-treated water still contained #radioactive substances other than #tritium by the end of 2020, and needed to be #repurified.
"The US-based National Association of Marine Laboratories (#NAML), which represents more than 100 labs, released a position paper in December 2022 [link in comments] that firmly opposed Japan’s plan over 'a lack of adequate and accurate scientific data' about its safety.
"NAML members include some of the world’s most influential marine research institutes, including the #ScrippsInstitution of #Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego."
#WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife
#IAEAHides #TEPCOLies
#FukushimaIsntOver
#NoDumping #NuclearPowerPlants #RadioactiveWater #RethinkNotRestart #PacificOcean #DataFalsification #ALPSSystem -
August 2023:
Explainer | Why do many scientists oppose #Fukushima #radioactive waste discharge?
The release of treated waste water from the #NuclearPlant has begun, despite concerns from major scientific organisations
IAEA is monitoring the operation but many experts are questioning the amount of data being collected
by Victoria Bela
Published: 2:05pm, 30 Aug 2023"Japan’s decision to start releasing around 30 years’ worth of treated radioactive waste into the #PacificOcean on #August24 has drawn criticism from some countries, including China, as well as some of the world’s leading scientific organisations.
"The plan to deal with the 1.3 million tonnes of contaminated water accumulated since the #FukushimaDaiichi #NuclearPowerPlant meltdown in 2011 includes removing most of the radioactive chemicals before it is discharged into the ocean.
[...]
"However, the ALPS has been shown to be unsuccessful in filtering out the other 62 radioactive chemicals present in the waste water, according to data from the Japanese ministry for economy, trade and industry (#METI).
"According to METI, around 70 per cent of ALPS-treated water still contained #radioactive substances other than #tritium by the end of 2020, and needed to be #repurified.
"The US-based National Association of Marine Laboratories (#NAML), which represents more than 100 labs, released a position paper in December 2022 [link in comments] that firmly opposed Japan’s plan over 'a lack of adequate and accurate scientific data' about its safety.
"NAML members include some of the world’s most influential marine research institutes, including the #ScrippsInstitution of #Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego."
#WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife
#IAEAHides #TEPCOLies
#FukushimaIsntOver
#NoDumping #NuclearPowerPlants #RadioactiveWater #RethinkNotRestart #PacificOcean #DataFalsification #ALPSSystem -
From 2007:
"Not Again": Yet Another #TEPCO Scandal
Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
"Over the years there have been all sorts of cases of data fabrication and falsification at #nuclear, thermal and hydroelectric power plants. Each time the power companies and plant makers apologize and say that they will lance the wound, but then they go and repeat the same behavior over and over again. When Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported yet another case of data falsification to the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (#METI) the headline in the Fukushima local newspaper the following day (1 February 2007) was 'Not Again!', sigh the local people and the Prefectural government '.
"The latest scandal began when Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported on 31 October 2006 that #Chugoku Electric Power Company had falsified data for #DoyoDam on the #MatanoRiver. People might assume that the reason for #ChugokuElectric's admission was simply that it had made a judgment that the problem could no longer be concealed once it was leaked to the newspaper. However, there was more behind the admission than meets the eye. Even before this, anti-dam activists had been pursuing TEPCO over suspicious data related to its dams. For example, it had recorded flow measurements that could not possibly have been taken, because the locations were inaccessible due to heavy snow falls. Chugoku Electric's admission should be seen against this background.
"METI and the Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport responded by demanding that all electric power companies check their records. The upshot was that it was discovered that Chugoku Electric was not alone. In fact, it became apparent that all power companies had falsified and fabricated data in relation to such things as subsidence of dam embankments, and alterations to facilities without prior approval.
"The next major development came on November 15th, when it was revealed that Chugoku Electric had falsified data in relation to releases of hot wastewater at its #Shimonoseki thermal power plant. This led to similar revelations for nuclear power plants owned by TEPCO, #Kansai Electric Power Company (#KEPCO), Tohoku Electric Power Company and Japan Atomic Power Company (#JAPCO). On 10 January 2007 TEPCO submitted a report to METI entitled 'Causes of and measures to prevent a repetition of falsification of sea temperature data at the condenser outlets of #KashiwazakiKariwa Nuclear Power Plant, Reactors 1 and 4'.
"The report said, 'An investigation of power plants was instigated, because the Shimonoseki thermal power plant case reminded a worker that corrections had been made to sea temperature data.' As a result, falsification (referred to by TEPCO as "corrections") was discovered at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors 1 & 4 and #Fukushima I reactors 1, 4 & 5.
"The hot wastewater referred to here is seawater, which has been used to cool and condense the steam used to drive the turbines of thermal and nuclear power plants. When the steam from the turbine condenses, its heat is transferred to the coolant, which in this case is seawater. The temperature of the seawater is raised in the process. If the seawater released is too hot, it can affect the ecosystem. Therefore, the temperature at both the intake and outlet points is measured and monitored to ensure that the temperature difference is not too great. At some power plants computers were programmed to record a higher than actual intake temperature, while at others they were programmed to record a lower outlet temperature. The readings were thus falsified to show a lower temperature difference than was really the case.
"On 31 January 2007 TEPCO released details of data falsification at its nuclear power plants. It admitted to a total of about 200 irregularities. A few examples are discussed below.
1. During a periodic inspection in May 1992 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor number 1 (K-K-1), the day before it was to be tested it was discovered that, due to a fault with the electric motor, the residual heat removal pump (part of the Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS)) was not working. TEPCO staff made some adjustments to make it appear from the central control room that the pump was working. In this way, they were able to trick the METI inspector into awarding a pass for the inspection.
2. Again at K-K (the reactors are not specified), from around 1995 to 1997, measurements of the concentration of radioactive iodine released from the exhaust stack were made to appear lower than they really were by taking the measurements on the reverse side of the filter. In May 1995 the concentration of radioactivity from rare gases emitted from the exhaust stack of reactor 4 was also falsified.
3. From 1979 to 1998, in order to pass inspections, internal pressure readings for steam pipes connecting the reactor to the turbines at Fukushima I reactor 1 were falsified to match the specifications in the inspection guidelines. It was said that the specifications were inappropriate and that they were later amended so that falsification ceased to be necessary.
"There were many instances of malpractice besides these, in relation to periodic inspections and also in other areas. Fabrication and falsification had indeed become standard practice. Investigations are still proceeding and one cannot help feeling that the most serious and dangerous cases are still to come."
[And indeed it would come, 4 years later!]
http://www.cnic.jp/english/newsletter/nit117/nit117articles/nit117tepco.html
#CitizensNuclearInformatioNcenter #NoNukes #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #IAEAHides #TEPCOLies #FukushimaIsntOver #NoDumping #NuclearPowerPlants #RadioactiveWater #RethinkNotRestart #PacificOcean #DataFalsification
-
From 2007:
"Not Again": Yet Another #TEPCO Scandal
Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
"Over the years there have been all sorts of cases of data fabrication and falsification at #nuclear, thermal and hydroelectric power plants. Each time the power companies and plant makers apologize and say that they will lance the wound, but then they go and repeat the same behavior over and over again. When Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported yet another case of data falsification to the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (#METI) the headline in the Fukushima local newspaper the following day (1 February 2007) was 'Not Again!', sigh the local people and the Prefectural government '.
"The latest scandal began when Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported on 31 October 2006 that #Chugoku Electric Power Company had falsified data for #DoyoDam on the #MatanoRiver. People might assume that the reason for #ChugokuElectric's admission was simply that it had made a judgment that the problem could no longer be concealed once it was leaked to the newspaper. However, there was more behind the admission than meets the eye. Even before this, anti-dam activists had been pursuing TEPCO over suspicious data related to its dams. For example, it had recorded flow measurements that could not possibly have been taken, because the locations were inaccessible due to heavy snow falls. Chugoku Electric's admission should be seen against this background.
"METI and the Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport responded by demanding that all electric power companies check their records. The upshot was that it was discovered that Chugoku Electric was not alone. In fact, it became apparent that all power companies had falsified and fabricated data in relation to such things as subsidence of dam embankments, and alterations to facilities without prior approval.
"The next major development came on November 15th, when it was revealed that Chugoku Electric had falsified data in relation to releases of hot wastewater at its #Shimonoseki thermal power plant. This led to similar revelations for nuclear power plants owned by TEPCO, #Kansai Electric Power Company (#KEPCO), Tohoku Electric Power Company and Japan Atomic Power Company (#JAPCO). On 10 January 2007 TEPCO submitted a report to METI entitled 'Causes of and measures to prevent a repetition of falsification of sea temperature data at the condenser outlets of #KashiwazakiKariwa Nuclear Power Plant, Reactors 1 and 4'.
"The report said, 'An investigation of power plants was instigated, because the Shimonoseki thermal power plant case reminded a worker that corrections had been made to sea temperature data.' As a result, falsification (referred to by TEPCO as "corrections") was discovered at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors 1 & 4 and #Fukushima I reactors 1, 4 & 5.
"The hot wastewater referred to here is seawater, which has been used to cool and condense the steam used to drive the turbines of thermal and nuclear power plants. When the steam from the turbine condenses, its heat is transferred to the coolant, which in this case is seawater. The temperature of the seawater is raised in the process. If the seawater released is too hot, it can affect the ecosystem. Therefore, the temperature at both the intake and outlet points is measured and monitored to ensure that the temperature difference is not too great. At some power plants computers were programmed to record a higher than actual intake temperature, while at others they were programmed to record a lower outlet temperature. The readings were thus falsified to show a lower temperature difference than was really the case.
"On 31 January 2007 TEPCO released details of data falsification at its nuclear power plants. It admitted to a total of about 200 irregularities. A few examples are discussed below.
1. During a periodic inspection in May 1992 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor number 1 (K-K-1), the day before it was to be tested it was discovered that, due to a fault with the electric motor, the residual heat removal pump (part of the Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS)) was not working. TEPCO staff made some adjustments to make it appear from the central control room that the pump was working. In this way, they were able to trick the METI inspector into awarding a pass for the inspection.
2. Again at K-K (the reactors are not specified), from around 1995 to 1997, measurements of the concentration of radioactive iodine released from the exhaust stack were made to appear lower than they really were by taking the measurements on the reverse side of the filter. In May 1995 the concentration of radioactivity from rare gases emitted from the exhaust stack of reactor 4 was also falsified.
3. From 1979 to 1998, in order to pass inspections, internal pressure readings for steam pipes connecting the reactor to the turbines at Fukushima I reactor 1 were falsified to match the specifications in the inspection guidelines. It was said that the specifications were inappropriate and that they were later amended so that falsification ceased to be necessary.
"There were many instances of malpractice besides these, in relation to periodic inspections and also in other areas. Fabrication and falsification had indeed become standard practice. Investigations are still proceeding and one cannot help feeling that the most serious and dangerous cases are still to come."
[And indeed it would come, 4 years later!]
http://www.cnic.jp/english/newsletter/nit117/nit117articles/nit117tepco.html
#CitizensNuclearInformatioNcenter #NoNukes #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #IAEAHides #TEPCOLies #FukushimaIsntOver #NoDumping #NuclearPowerPlants #RadioactiveWater #RethinkNotRestart #PacificOcean #DataFalsification