Japan to sign on to International Renewable Energy Agency

The Japanese government has announced its intentions to follow the US lead and become a member of the new intergovernmental agency IRENA.  The body, set up earlier this year to facilitate research and promotion of renewable energy, has 100 states on its board to date. Other regional signatory states include the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Cambodia and now Japan. The first IRENA meeting will convene next week in Egypt. Japan’s Yomuiri  has reported the Foreign Minister saying the body could be key to promoting renewable energy around the globe.

Japan to join international renewable energy body, The Daily Yomuiri

Cambodia becomes 94th member of International Renewable Energy Agency, Xinhua News