Coal market hit by supply constraints and muted demand
September 22, 2025
This paper set out to answer why the Japanese government under Prime Minister Abe suddenly changed its position in July 2020, backing MoE’s demand to reduce the export of coal-fired power plants. The first factor was the decreasing willingness of important Japanese stakeholders in the finance sector to invest in CFPP following an increasingly hostile market environment. In 2019, Japan’s […]
