The General Chamber of Commerce and Buzen City today opened a new Taiwanese business service center in the southern Japanese city The center is part of efforts to help Taiwanese companies expand into the Japanese market offering assistance in administrative matters such as taxation Japan is Taiwan’s third-largest trading partner with total bilateral trade in 2023 reaching US$75.77 billion along with US$214 million in investment in Japan by Taiwan and US$620 million in investment in Taiwan by Japan Photo courtesy of the Japan International Exchange Association The center would be Japan’s first one-stop platform specifically for Taiwanese businesses Buzen City Mayor Motohide Goto told the inaugural ceremony adding that the city government is honored to provide support and policy resources is a 30-minute drive from the city of Kitakyushu Taiwan’s Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc (ASE) is setting up a manufacturing facility in Kitakyushu expanding Taiwan’s semiconductor supply chain to the area Buzen’s geographic and industrial advantages would make the city a good choice for related firms looking to expand in the area This new center complements Taiwan’s trade and investment center that the Ministry of Economic Affairs is currently setting up in nearby Fukuoka head of the Fukuoka Branch of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Osaka One is the result of cooperation between private capital and local governments while the other is driven by central government policy The goal for both centers is to provide more complete support for Taiwanese companies seeking to enter the Japanese market and to combine to provide greater benefits than they would individually John Corigliano and music director Alan Gilbert at the New York Philharmonic's Opening Gala in September 2016 John Corigliano is one of America's most acclaimed composers even when he wasn't the one taking the stage spent 26 years as the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Corigliano remembers he didn't dare sit the the hall when his father played a solo with the Philharmonic he listened while hunched over a speaker backstage in the green room "I was too nervous that he might make mistakes," Corigliano recalls "And when the difficult spots were coming I would hunch further." His parents were convinced he would never make it as a composer When he wrote violin sonata for his father in 1963 refused to play it — until it won the Chamber Music Prize at the Italy's Festival of Two Worlds in 1964 "Then it got picked up and played by the concertmaster of the London Symphony and then Roman Totenberg played it in Boston and then my father had to take it out of the closet where he put it," Corigliano says Corigliano's anxiety didn't go away as he got older for like 20 years of my own composing life I just couldn't stand listening to my own piece," he admits Corigliano's music has the power to move people classical music critic for New York magazine says Corigliano's best work is immediate and "urgent." "People response to it with a kind of physicality," Davidson says Filmmaker Ken Russell felt that connection. After hearing Corigliano's Clarinet Concerto, he invited the composer to step out of the concert hall and into a Hollywood studio to write the score for the sci-fi horror film Altered States "He wanted me to be wild," Corigliano says These orchestras are some of the best in the world and I was able to do anything." A scene from Corigliano's opera The Ghosts of Versailles Not all the orchestra members were pleased with Corigliano's experiments But one musician who soon became the composer's champion was conductor Leonard Slatkin "John is an eclectic composer," Slatkin says "He's not afraid to use many styles in his writing He's also a colorist; he's able to use whatever instruments and vocal forces he has at hand to create new sound worlds." Slatkin conducted a Grammy-winning recording of Corigliano's First Symphony The piece was the composer's response to the AIDS epidemic with an opening movement titled "Of Rage and Remembrance." "That was a very painful piece to write," Corigliano remembers "I realized I had lost so many people to this horrible that I had over a hundred people in my address book that died." Corigliano still loves to compose — it just takes a bit longer composing was such a nerve-racking thing to do," he says the whole note is my friend; an adagio is what I look for Become an NPR sponsor The event aimed to concretise the initiative proposed by Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at the World Economic Forum in January 2022 ministers in charge of natural resources and the environment and leaders from international and regional organisations the meeting was considered an important step forward in promoting intergovernmental cooperation to develop and apply technology to reduce carbon emissions ensuring energy security and sustainable development in Asia Along with the ministerial meeting, at the Public-Private Investment Forum AZEC, Yen Bai and Tuyen Quang provinces signed MoUs with Erex Group from Japan on the implementation of cooperative activities to develop biomass power and investment in projects using materials from the local forestry industry under the witness of Nishimura Yasutoshi Chairman of Yen Bai People's Committee Tran Huy Tuan and members of the delegation conducted a field survey at the Buzen Biomass Power Plant – one of the plants under Erex’s operation in Japan leaders of the two sides had more in-depth discussions on promoting the implementation of a biomass power project in Yen Bai province The members of the delegation highly appreciated the scale Established in 1999, Erex Group is a power company that uses biomass as the foundation for its operations across fuel procurement The company currently owns and operates five big biomass power plants in Japan with a total capacity of 269MW Vietnam is the first country where Erex has considered investing in biomass power generation technology outside of Japan Erex aims to produce 1,500MW of biomass power and cut 27,570 kilotonnes of CO2 per year by 2035 while also generating a stable power source Erex plans to exploit unused biomass resources in Vietnam and develop new biofuels which will contribute to improving farmers' incomes and create jobs related to power plant operations Erex also participated as a guest speaker along with many other big Japanese enterprises to introduce technical solutions and highlight the ongoing efforts towards reducing carbon emissions gave a speech on transforming energy in Southeast Asian countries As the international environment surrounding energy issues keeps changing and with the will that Asian countries have to simultaneously assure stable energy supplies and enact policies to respond to climate change it is important to proceed with energy transitions that are appropriate to each country's circumstances With the vision of acting as a pioneer in the new era of electric power with renewable energy at its core Erex Group is gradually expediting its expansion plans in Vietnam the group has teamed up with a number of partners in Vietnam to carry out surveys in over 20 localities with the hope that by 2030 14 biomass power plants with a total capacity surpassing 1,100MW will be built in 12 locations across the country Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha’s participation in the coming Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo will affirm Vietnam’s resolve to realise its committements on greenhouse gas emission reduction and climate change response as well as support for the Japanese Government’s initiatives towards net zero emissions A few large-scale cement production facilities face policy barriers in implementing emission reductions Vietnam needs to reform and innovate to face as tough year ahead ★ Poor ★ ★ Promising ★★★ Good ★★★★ Very good ★★★★★ Exceptional Vietnam Investment Review under the Ministry of Finance Advertisement  | Contact us The company has responded to the earthquakes by establishing an emergency task force at its headquarters in Kawasaki Our first concern is the safety of our employees and their families and beyond this the wellbeing of the local community in the affected area We are also assessing the damage to our production facilities and will provide updates as soon as they become available Toshiba says that no significant damage to the buildings and infrastructure have been found at its Oita Operations – which focuses on semiconductor production the company did confirm damage to some production lines The safety of all of employees at the plant has been confirmed.  The Japanese company says that a decision on when to resume production will be made once the assessments on the status of production lines at the plant is completed.  Toshiba also confirmed the safety of all of employees at both its Toshiba Materials plant in Otia – which focuses on fine ceramics products production – and its semiconductor production plant Buzen Toshiba Electronics production in Buzen City The says company it has found no damage to the buildings infrastructure or production lines at either plant and as of now both plants are operating normally Evertiq will provide updates as soon as information is available The time to be skeptical about the world’s ability to transition from reliance on fossil fuels to cleaner A transition to a cleaner net-zero world is one of our greatest challenges today Already more than 70 countries have set targets to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and some of them even sooner The energy sector accounts for the major share of greenhouse emissions so replacing polluting fossil-based power with energy from renewable sources would help to significantly reduce the emissions member countries committed to increase offshore wind generation by 150GW and solar by 1TW by 2030 So the question is not whether we are able to turn to 100% renewable energies but how do we balance all that energy How do we achieve a stable and reliable power supply from these intermittent sources Integrating a share of less than about 20% renewable energy into a grid is not that difficult the need for balancing technologies becomes more and more acute Not only short but frequent fluctuations need to be leveled out in order to keep the grid stable but also large amounts of energy need to be absorbed ultimately achieving autonomous power supply based on variable renewable energy (VRE) Congestion might become an issue even for well-developed grids to address these challenges is energy storage Pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) has been with us for over a hundred years stationary batteries are increasingly deployed to integrate VRE helped along by the growth of electric vehicles (EVs) have become widely adopted in the stationary storage sector While they are well fit to serve short-duration applications specifically designed to cover several hours of charging and discharging offer a better cost-performance ratio once we get to applications requiring six or more hours of discharge There are many long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies that are starting to go into commercial use but most of them are in their early stages and certainly do not come with the same track record as the sodium-sulfur batteries (NAS battery) developed by NGK Insulators and distributed by BASF Already proven by more than 20 years of deployment in the field in more than 250 projects for industry and utilities with the total output of almost 5GWh the NAS battery is one of the most mature long-duration technologies today Designed to discharge energy for 6 hours or longer NAS battery units are scalable to hundreds of megawatt-hours While having a high energy density and fast response time the systems also convince by a design life of 20 years or 7,300 operating cycles due to a very low degradation level The NAS battery storage solution is containerised: each 20-ft container combines six modules adding up to 250kW output and 1,450kWh energy storage capacity Multiple containers can be combined to create bigger installations of any required size are abundant and neither supply chain nor prices are an issue – which may come as some reassurance to customers given the bumpy ride other battery technologies have seen over the past couple of years Durability and climate resilience are also important metrics: the NAS batteries can be deployed in either high or low temperature geographies a project in South Korea was installed at temperatures around -10°C another in Australia at temperatures above 30°C NAS batteries have an elaborated safety concept which underwent extensive testing with third parties That includes a work carried out by NGK with the Japanese Hazardous Material Safety Techniques Association and a safety audit conducted by TÜV Rheinland in 2019 With only one incident reported since 2011 a safety record of NAS batteries is really remarkable NAS batteries have been chosen in several recent projects for co-location with hydrogen production testing and certification of energy storage technologies from cell to system level according to UL9540A and UL1973 standards is becoming crucial for bankability NAS battery is certified to UL1973 for safe installation and operation of storage systems and has been evaluated according to UL9540A a further proof of safety and competitiveness Besides the stability of raw materials pricing and their ideal technological fit for applications of 6 hours and beyond another important aspect of the NAS battery’s cost-competitiveness is low Opex: Arriving on site in containerised form the systems are simple and quick to install The durability of the technology makes it a low maintenance asset A low level of degradation through cycling reduces the need for system augmentation over project lifetime and full nominal capacity is available through 100% depth of discharge all of which helps customers to optimise a total cost of ownership BASF has a bold decarbonisation strategy which matches many of the world’s leading economies in targeting net zero emissions by 2050 Central to this transition is the use of technologies which will replace fossil fuels with electricity from renewable sources aims to achieve net zero emission by 2050.  The two companies have joined forces since 2019 to scale up the NAS technology combining BASF’s global reach and strong R&D capabilities with NGK’s know-how in ceramics and experience in manufacturing NAS batteries.  BASF not only distributes the NAS battery worldwide it is also working with NGK on the next generation of sodium-sulfur batteries To learn more about NAS batteries, visit the BASF website here. BASF Stationary Energy Storage GmbH will be presenting the technology at this year’s Intersolar Europe / ees Europe in Munich, Germany, from 14 to 16 June 2023 at exhibition booth B1.209. Your Ads Privacy ChoicesIMDb The platform secured a 20-year fixed revenue capacity market contract for four battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Japan's first long-term decarbonisation auction an investment firm specialising in infrastructure have announced the establishment of a collaborative platform to advance BESS projects in Japan The Stonepeak/CHC platform recently secured a 20-year fixed revenue capacity market contract for four BESS projects awarded during Japan’s first long-term decarbonisation auction The platform’s objective is to develop construct and operate BESS projects that will contribute to Japan’s decarbonisation goals By combining Stonepeak’s investment experience in Japan’s renewable sector with CHC’s technical expertise the platform will target 1GW of BESS projects up to 2028 The collaboration supports Japan’s ambition for carbon neutrality and enhances the stability and reliability of its national grid Stonepeak senior managing director Ryan Chua stated: “As Japan accelerates the development of renewable energy projects to meet its decarbonisation goals energy storage will have a crucial role to play in enhancing the reliability of the Japanese grid Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis “This increasing need for dependable BESS capacity which has the long-term support of the Japanese Government is the basis for our decision to pursue this partnership with CHC which we believe will be a strong fit for our global renewables strategy.” CHC CEO Jay Guo stated: “We are excited to partner with Stonepeak the world’s largest independent infrastructure investor with a strong track record of supporting successful renewable energy platforms as CHC continues to build and scale our BESS business “CHC is committed to Japan’s energy transition reliable power grids and advancing sustainable solutions Our partnership with Stonepeak marks a significant step towards delivering more reliable and efficient renewable energy that will benefit communities and industries across Japan.” Stonepeak’s current renewables and energy transition portfolio features 16.2GW of capacity in operation and development across solar In March 2024, Stonepeak and Shizen Energy formed an onshore wind energy platform In the same month, Ørsted finalised a deal to sell its equity stake in a 957MW onshore wind farm portfolio in the US to Stonepeak Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network. 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Jonathan Bell has written for Wallpaper* magazine since 1999 covering everything from architecture and transport design to books He is now the magazine’s Transport and Technology Editor He is also the host of Wallpaper’s first podcast Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has delivered the world’s largest sodium-sulphur battery energy-storage system to balance power generated from renewable sources The 50 MW/300 MWh system was installed at the Buzen Substation in Buzen Fukuoka Prefecture for use by Japanese utility company Kyushu Electric Power Co The system is part of a pilot project to balance the area’s grid frequency when connected to renewable energy sources each providing 200kW in 63 four-module units covering a footprint of 14,000 square-meters The ESS uses Mitsubishi Electric’s BLEnDer® RE battery SCADA management system to monitor and control modules Mitsubishi Electric has previously installed two systems both in the Nagasaki prefecture: a 4MW/1.6MWh lithium-ion ESS and a 3.5MW/1.43MWh lithium-ion system Last year the company also demonstrated a 4.2MW/ 25.2MWh sodium-sulfur and a 2MW/700kWh lithium-ion system in the Oki All the latest on Batteries & Energy Storage Technology the Swedish battery maker undergoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganisation has a new lifeline after its owners voted to continue operations while it seeks new financial backers Find a wealth of information on the energy storage and battery industries with BEST Magazine From all the latest news to in-depth technical articles we have everything you need in print and online All the latest news and articles on Batteries & Energy Storage Technology Copyright 2025 © Energy Storage Publishing Ltd Flickering Myth April 27, 2022 by We’re All Going to the World’s Fair teenager Casey becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game wherein she begins to document the changes that may or may not be happening to her Casey (an undeniably striking acting debut from Anna Cobb) decides she’s going to the titular World’s Fair with Casey mentioning she loves scary movies and has always wanted to live one out Those who enter the World’s Fair also start to take on general creepy and disturbing personality changes There’s a guy that seems to no longer feel physical pain a woman under the impression she is a plastic doll and in one of We’re All Going to the World’s Fair most uneasy segments a body horror moment involving a man extracting amusement park tickets from inside his skin that also appear to be covered in moss What’s instantaneously compelling here is the combination of endless loneliness (the opening credits take a minute or two to give an idea of how desolate and empty this town is) all over Casey’s body language and the Creepy-pasta reminiscent intrigue coming from the details of this online game it’s a weirdly fascinating coping mechanism for that loneliness it feels like a recognition that real life is so dull that one will hand over whatever is left to a digital space It could also be taken as a parallel for behavioral changes the further one centers their identity around online interactions There’s not much traditional horror within We’re All Going to the World’s Fair but it is terrifying to ponder and acknowledge what kind of damage leading an extremely online life can do to a person Following Casey taking the challenge (as bizarre a ritual as everything else here involving some finger-pricking and flashing lights) she sets out to observe whatever changes occur within her personality such as the loss of a loving mother and currently having no familial bonds (her father is rarely around A line also begins to blur regarding performance art for the game and what speaks to legitimately crumbling mental health (At one point she talks about what it would be like to kill her father with a shotgun she comes across early in the movie) she is contacted by an unknown older man also a part of the game (a similarly devastating performance from Michael J who notices that Casey’s reactions to the game are different and that she may genuinely require help somewhat uncomfortably developing a friendship writer and director Jane Schoenbrun doesn’t necessarily take this dynamic in the apparent trajectory that could come across as cheap storytelling in this instance wearing pain and depression all over their facial expressions It can take a bit more digging and re-watching key scenes to grasp better this outsider (who also has someone occasionally walking around his house in the background credited as “????,” adding to the mystery) sometimes We’re All Going to the World’s Fair is too slow-paced or spends too much time on one scene making a point and some of its connective tissue doesn’t feel organic but it is mainly hypnotic due to Anna Cobb’s measured performance There is a point in the movie where Casey is singing a made-up catchy song breaking out into hysterical screaming during the middle of the lyrics It’s a challenging scene that’s nailed with a precision that makes one eager to see what an actor does next who offers much to dissect before following up this transfixing debut Flickering Myth Rating – Film: ★ ★ ★ ★  / Movie: ★ ★ ★ Robert Kojder is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Critics Choice Association. 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("Gozonji Desu-ka Osaka Gadan") at the Shokado Garden Art Museum questions whether visitors know of Osaka's early modern painters Early modern Japanese art history has long focused on the Edo (Tokyo)/Kyoto polarity The show seeks to retrieve the cultural contribution made by Japan's "third" city Approximately 40 works by 20 painters and a few others by printmakers are drawn from a private collection The primary historical emphasis is on Osaka-born artists who worked in the city in the mid-to-late Edo Period (1603-1868) There are a number of engaging tensions apparent not least of which is: What constitutes an "Osaka artist," or an Osakan style?googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); }); Osakan aesthetics have conventionally emphasized regional traits like humor ebullient Naniwa (present-day Osaka) emotion or associated qualities of interestingness) is Osaka as a cultural intersection for a number of farther flung traditions In a time of both misinformation and too much information quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing Your subscription plan doesn't allow commenting. 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