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Fukushima soil used for METI flower bed

Soil generated from decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is moved into a flower bed at the headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025. The Japanese government is using the soil at various government facilities to ease public safety concerns.

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Fukushima soil used for METI flower bed

Soil generated from decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is moved into a flower bed at the headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025. The Japanese government is using the soil at various government facilities to ease public safety concerns.

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Fukushima soil used for METI flower bed

Soil generated from decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is moved into a flower bed at the headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025. The Japanese government is using the soil at various government facilities to ease public safety concerns.

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Fukushima soil used for METI flower bed

Soil generated from decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is moved into a flower bed at the headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025. The Japanese government is using the soil at various government facilities to ease public safety concerns.

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Meeting between METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation

METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation, meet.=June 19,2025,Tokyo

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Meeting between METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation

METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation, meet.=June 19,2025,Tokyo

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Meeting between METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation

METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation, meet.=June 19,2025,Tokyo

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Meeting between METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation

METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation, meet.=June 19,2025,Tokyo

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Exterior of METI, sign

Exterior of METI, sign=May 27,2025,Tokyo

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Exterior of METI, sign

Exterior of METI, sign=May 27,2025,Tokyo

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METI sign

METI sign=May 27,2025,Tokyo

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METI sign

METI sign=May 27,2025,Tokyo

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METI sign

METI sign=May 27,2025,Tokyo

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METI chief meets with Nvidia CEO

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (front, R) holds talks with U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang (front, L) in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023.

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METI chief inspects next-generation solar cell development lab

Photo taken on June 17, 2023, shows a Japan-invented next-generation perovskite solar cell under development at a Sekisui Chemical Co. research lab in Shimamoto in Osaka Prefecture. Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura visited the lab the same day.

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METI chief inspects next-generation solar cell development lab

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura meets the press after visiting a Sekisui Chemical Co. research lab in Shimamoto in Osaka Prefecture, on June 17, 2023, to check the progress in the development of the Japan-invented next-generation perovskite solar cell.

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Amari to be retained as METI chief

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Akira Amari, who is tapped to remain in the new Abe Cabinet as minister of economy, trade and industry.

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METI document on Sendai plant handed to mayor

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Takayuki Ueda (L), head of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, hands a document under the name of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi on the government's policy to restart the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, to Satsumasendai Mayor Hideo Iwakiri at the city hall on Sept. 12, 2014.

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METI-Kyushu inspection of Karita power station

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Officials of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry (far L and R side) conduct an on-site inspection of the central control room for unit 2 at the Karita power station operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. in the town of Kanda, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 19, 2014.

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METI-Kansai inspects Kainan power station

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Toshinori Kobayashi (L), director general of the Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, a regional branch organization of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, is briefed about the condition of Kansai Electronic Power Co.'s aging Kainan thermal power station in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 19, 2014, during an inspection.

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METI-Kansai inspects Kainan power station

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Toshinori Kobayashi (C), director general of the Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, a regional branch organization of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, is briefed about the condition of Kansai Electronic Power Co.'s aging Kainan thermal power station in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 19, 2014, during an inspection.

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METI-Kyushu head inspects Karita power station

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Ikuro Hirozane (L), director general of the Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, addresses a meeting in the town of Kanda, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 19, 2014. METI-Kyushu inspected Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Karita power station unit 2 the same day.

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METI asks Crocs to improve plastic shoes

TOKYO, Japan - Lightweight plastic shoes manufactured by Crocs Inc. of the United States are displayed at a shop in Tokyo on April 18. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry asked Crocs the same day to improve the structure and material of the plastic shoes to prevent them from getting stuck in escalators.

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METI chief meets with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari (L) meets with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 17. Japan will study measures to help the United Arab Emirates promote environment-related projects under an agreement reached Dec. 17 during an inaugural meeting in Tokyo of the Japan-UAE Joint Economic Committee.

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New METI parliamentary secretary Katayama vows to carry out reforms

TOKYO, Japan - Rookie lawmaker Satsuki Katayama walks into the prime minister's office after being appointed as parliamentary secretary of the Economy, Industry and Trade Ministry on Nov. 2. The 46-year-old former elite bureaucrat at the Finance Ministry pledged to carry out reforms at her new position, saying, ''I was elected to parliament as I advocated reforms. It is a challenge for me to complete the mission in a good way.''

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Nikai appointed new METI chief

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiro Nikai, the new head of the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry, arrives at the prime minister's office on Oct. 31.

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METI OKs Kyushu Electric's pluthermal plan

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear and Energy Safety Agency Chairman Kenkichi Hirose (L) hands a letter approving Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s plan to use pluthermal power generation at its reactor to Hiroshi Taniguchi, head of the power utility's Tokyo branch office, on Sept. 7.

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Vice METI minister faces 2-month pay cut over scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks at a press conference on Aug. 29. He announced a 20 percent pay cut for two months for his vice minister Hideji Sugiyama over a series of public fund misuse scandals involving officials at the ministry.

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Senior METI official misused 24 mil. yen for stock trading

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hideji Sugiyama speaks at a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on June 23 about a 24 million-yen misappropriation case involving a senior METI official.

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(2)METI chief Nakagawa, Daiei's Takagi meet over retailer's rehab

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (R) speaks with reporters after his talks with Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi over the struggling retail giant's rehabilitation at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Oct. 10.

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(1)METI chief Nakagawa, Daiei's Takagi meet over retailer's rehab

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (R) is in talks with Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi (L) over the struggling retail giant's rehabilitation at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Oct. 10.

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(3)METI chief Nakagawa, Daiei's Takagi meet over retailer's rehab

TOKYO, Japan - Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi speaks with reporters following his talks with Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa over his struggling retail giant's rehabilitation at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Oct. 10.

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(1)METI approves Mitsubishi Motors rehabilitation under revitalization law

TOKYO, Japan - Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Shoichi Nakagawa (R) hands a certificate to Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman Yoichiro Okazak on July 16, approving a revised application by the struggling automaker for rehabilitation under the Industrial Revitalization Law. Under the rehabilitation plan, Mitsubishi will be accorded tax breaks and other preferential measures. The automaker will be required to report the progress of rehabilitation to METI on a monthly basis.

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(2)METI approves Mitsubishi Motors rehabilitation under revitalization law

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman Yoichiro Okazak speaks to reporters after his meeting with Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Shoichi Nakagawa on July 16 over the company's rehabilitation under the Industrial Revitalization Law.

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Nakagawa appointed METI head

TOKYO, Japan - Shoichi Nakagawa, who was named as economy, trade and industry minister, speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 22.

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METI says Kusaka to head energy agency

TOKYO, Japan - The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) said July 25 it will appoint Kazumasa Kusaka (file photo) as the new head of the Natural Resources and Energy Agency on Aug. 1. Kusaka, 55, is currently the director general of the ministry's Trade Policy Bureau.

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METI finds false records on cracks at TEPCO nuke plants

TOKYO, Japan - Members of civic groups sit in outside the head office of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) on Aug. 30 following reports that the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has found evidence of false records regarding cracks at the utility's nuclear plants.

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METI finds false records of cracks at TEPCO's nuclear plants

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuya Minami, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), holds a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 29 after the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said it has found evidence of false records regarding cracks at TEPCO nuclear plants from the late 1980s to early 1990s.

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Murata picked as METI's No. 2

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Minister Takeo Hiranuma said July 19 he has appointed Seiji Murata (file photo), 57, to succeed Katsusada Hirose as vice minister of economy, trade and industry, effective July 30.

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METI official Hirata named executive of Japan soccer body

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Takeo Hirata, a senior bureaucrat at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, who has been appointed an executive of the Japan Football Association.

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Murata to succeed Hirose as METI vice minister

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma decided on March 28 to let Seiji Murata (file photo), currently the ministry's policy bureau chief, succeed Vice Minister Katsusada Hirose in June.

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METI becomes 1st dep't to use hybrid vehicle for minister

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (L) begins using a hybrid vehicle on the job Oct. 1, becoming the first minister to follow a Japanese government plan to switch all state vehicles to low-emissions ones.

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Opponents say towel import curb will hamper reform efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiro Yagi (standing), president of Ehime Prefecture-based towel maker Toyo Terry Co., speaks at a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on July 18. Representing a group of 10 Japanese towel makers with production bases in China, Yagi asked METI not to impose a ''safeguard'' curb on towel imports, claiming the measure will ruin their efforts to slash costs.

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METI's Hiranuma demonstrates debut e-government procedure

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister (METI) Takeo Hiranuma (R) demonstrates at his office in Tokyo on June 18 the government's first paperless certification system by giving online approval to an event-related request from an affiliated organ. The system is at the core of Japan's ''e-government'' plan to be completed by March 2004, which aims to enable the private sector to file applications and receive government decisions online.

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Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

On August 22, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced that three convenience store companies, Seven-Eleven Japan, FamilyMart, and Lawson, will begin a demonstration experiment for joint delivery. For one week from August 1, the delivery trucks will be sent from each company's distribution bases to XFRONTIER, a joint delivery center of Sagawa Express (Koto Ward, Tokyo). They will then deliver beverages, confectionery, daily goods and other items to a total of 40 stores in the bay area of Tokyo. Seiichi Aoyama, General Manager of the QC and Logistics Management Division of Seven-Eleven Japan; Toru Oka, General Manager of the SCM and Quality Management Division of FamilyMart; and Hitoshi Fujii, General Manager of the Product Division of Lawson. (From left: Toru Oka, General Manager, SCM and Quality Control Division, FamilyMart; Hitoshi Fujii, General Manager, Merchandise Division, Lawson.

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Murata to succeed Hirose as METI vice minister

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma decided on March 28 to let Seiji Murata (file photo), currently the ministry's policy bureau chief, succeed Vice Minister Katsusada Hirose in June.

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(2)METI chief Nakagawa, Daiei's Takagi meet over retailer's reha

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (R) speaks with reporters after his talks with Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi over the struggling retail giant's rehabilitation at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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(1)METI chief Nakagawa, Daiei's Takagi meet over retailer's reha

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (R) is in talks with Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi (L) over the struggling retail giant's rehabilitation at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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Amari to be retained as METI chief

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Akira Amari, who is tapped to remain in the new Abe Cabinet as minister of economy, trade and industry. (Kyodo)

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METI chief meets with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari (L) meets with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 17. Japan will study measures to help the United Arab Emirates promote environment-related projects under an agreement reached Dec. 17 during an inaugural meeting in Tokyo of the Japan-UAE Joint Economic Committee. (Kyodo)