Japanese refineries ran at two-thirds of their capacity last week, little changed from the previous week, highlighting the ...

Japanese chemical companies have started cutting petrochemical production and are warning of price hikes on various products ...

TOKYO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Idemitsu Kosan Co <5019.T>, Japan's third-largest refiner, plans to refine 5 percent less crude in October-December than during the same period a year ago, amid depressed ...

A widening range of industries are feeling the impact as crude oil imports have stalled due to Iran’s de facto blockade of ...

TOKYO -- Japanese materials maker AGC and energy group Idemitsu Kosan have made strides toward mass producing the main ingredient in all-solid-state batteries, which are seen as a next-generation ...

TOKYO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Two Japanese buyers of Iranian crude, Idemitsu Kosan 5019.T and Cosmo Oil 5007.T , are unlikely to raise imports from the Middle Eastern country even after sanctions were ...

TOKYO -- The use of Venezuela petroleum at Japanese refineries would be highly impractical, according to Shunichi Kito, chairman of Japanese oil major Idemitsu Kosan.

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* Japan's Idemitsu Kosan's processing of Iranian crude is about 1 percent of its total annual refining volumes, Sota Sato, assistant to general manager at Investor Relations Office, said on Tuesday ...