Join this global campaign to stop Japan funding more coal-fired power stations. We’ll deliver our voices to government and corporate leaders in Japan to ensure we are heard.
Money and political support for coal projects is already drying up as many countries, corporations and communities are rapidly shifting to renewable energy. But while many are moving in the right direction, some including Japan are not yet on board. We need Japan to join this change.
No Coal Japan aims to pressure government and corporate leaders in Japan to stop investing in harmful coal plant projects in Japan and around the world. Your voice and thousands others will be delivered to:
- Marubeni
- Mizuho Financial Group
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
- Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan
- Mr. Taro Aso, Minister of Finance
- Mr. Hiroshi Kajiyama, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
- Mr. Motegi Toshimitsu, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Mr. Shinjiro Koizumi, Minister of the Environment
- Mr. Tadashi Maeda, Governor of Japan Bank for International Cooperation
- Mr. Atsuo Kuroda, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Export and Investment Insurance
- Mr. Shinichi Kitaoka, President of Japan International Cooperation Agency
Together we can push the Japanese government leaders, banks, and corporations to withdraw their support for dirty coal technology. If we can show Japanese leadership that enough people around the world know and care about its role on the coal industry, we can push them to act.
With a new Prime Minister taking office this October, all eyes are on Japan to demonstrate the seriousness of its climate commitments. Japan needs to abide by the G7 leaders’ statement, a commitment from this June to end direct investment in new coal plants. Now is Japan’s chance to shift to clean energy and align its investments with the nation’s goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Send a message to the Japanese government to end its overseas investments in fossil fuel infrastructure:
MATARBARI, BANGLADESH
Japan is currently conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the 1200 MW Matarbari 2 coal power plant in Bangladesh (Units 3 & 4) and would then consider it for funding. This power plant would be built next to the under-construction 1200 MW Matarbari 1 coal plant (Units 1 & 2). It has attracted extensive opposition in Bangladesh and globally for its massive cost overruns and delays, projected high emissions of toxic pollutants including PM 2.5 and mercury, and for harming the livelihoods of local farmers and fishermen. The Matarbari 1 plant recently faced an injunction by the Bangladesh High Court for the illegal filling of the Kohelia river connected with the construction and advocates called for a halt to JICA loans for the project as it cannot fund projects that violate local laws.
Japan should not double-down on the failure of the Matarbari 1 project by building a second coal power plant. Japan should instead support Bangladesh’s transition to clean energy consistent with Bangladesh’s role as chair of the Climate
INDRAMAYU, INDONESIA
The Japanese government is in the planning phase for the 1000 MW expansion of a coal power plant in Indramayu, West Java, Indonesia. Local advocates note that the project is a relic of another era as the Java-Bali electrical grid now has excess power supply, rendering it unnecessary. It puts the health of local residents at risk as it will not be equipped with state of the art pollution controls, and is projected to emit excessive amounts of SOx, NOx and PM 2.5. Also there have been serious violations of human rights including the imprisonment of residents who protested the taking of farmlands. Now is the time to help Indonesia exit coal, not lock the country into high CO2 emissions for decades to come.
A wave of change is sweeping the world, it’s time for Japan to go with the flow and leave fossil fuels behind!
