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Support for nuclear energy has re-emerged in Japan after the war in Ukraine and concern it caused about energy shortages. Kishida's government is also looking at green power sources.

Industry ministry orders officials and firms to eliminate illegal activities in the sector, after the IEA called for a more diverse supply chain to reduce China's PV manufacturing dominance

Some Chinese traders expect more Russian coal to flow into China in the fourth quarter when utilities in the northern region build stocks for the winter heating season.

For a period on Friday solar accounted for about 40% of power on the national market, over coal at 38%, according to the report, which said this is the future under renewables.

China imported 7.15 million tonnes of Russian oil last month via the East Siberia Pacific Ocean pipeline and shipped from Russian ports, but domestic demand was weaker

Some 25 out of 30 respondents in a snap poll predicted a 10-basis-point reduction in the one-year loan prime rate, which banks charge their best clients.

Tenaga Nasional plans to spend $4.5bn annually over the next three decades to help it, and the country, reach net zero emissions by 2050.