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Edano said that among the conditions that would have to be met in order to reduce dependence on nuclear energy were "progress in energy conservation, the spread of renewable energy sources and greater efficiency in thermal power generation using gas as a fuel."

Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. is in final negotiations with the government of Mozambique to acquire development rights to a Mozambican coal mine, Japan Times reported Aug. 8. Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yukio Edano will likely visit Mozambique in the upcoming months as part of Tokyo's support for Japanese overseas coal mining development.

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In recent weeks the minister has made courtesy calls to government and industry leaders in Japan, South Korea and India.

Included in his itinerary was a meeting in September with Yukio Edano, the Japanese trade minister, to gauge Japanese interest in purchasing liquefied natural gas from Canada’s west coast – an appetite that was sharpened by last year’s Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, which has heightened Japan’s reliance on imported gas.