Japan, Saudi Arabia push forward on decarbonization tech tie-up

Kishida did not raise the alleged murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. The U.S. intelligence community concluded that the crown prince approved an operation that resulted in the killing, causing a global outcry.

If it was a Kyodo journalist would Kishida kun-chan-sama raise a peep?

Maybe no, the aims of the LDP/Japan Inc combine are more important than things like lives, human misery, or that 'rule of law' they like to talk about.

Kishida, who served as foreign minister for around five years through 2017, has been eager to strengthen relations with the six-member GCC composed of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE to secure stable supplies of oil and natural gas.

Well, best of luck Kishida. I suspect everyone will be paying same cartel tax in the end.

There is no denying the climate emergency.

Saudi Arabia is in the midst of efforts to reduce its dependence on oil exports and is striving to build a stronger private-sector economy under its Vision 2030 economic reform blueprint

Striving to build a modern economy on the back of a population of hereditarily entitled feudal male oligarchs and cloistered females enriched by a resource cartel.

America regime changed the socialist forward facing autocrats of the ME in favor of the feudal autocrats.

dagonToday 05:06 pm JST

America regime changed the socialist forward facing autocrats of the ME in favor of the feudal autocrats.

Pretty impressive that you would assign the whole current state of the ME to the US. I guess we should be flattered.

Here we go again Kishi Kun wanting another photo pic in a different country.

Dagon, Taiwan was not born in America,so he like a bunch of foreign born ,that still have loyalty too their old country

That’s a really bright and colorful backdrop.

Looks like any random Japanese variety show set.

But with a giant portrait of someone.

I’ve never knowingly gone to meet a murderer but in this case Kishida has.

I wonder how he slept that night?

Why would Saudi Arabia want decarbonization, if all its business is about burning petrol.

One would think a country so dependent on the import of oil and gas from unreliable sources would invest heavily in renewable energy.

@lunaWhy would Saudi Arabia want decarbonization, if all its business is about burning petrol.

And why would Japan want to continue its addiction to burning huge amounts of fossil fuels, instead of working to find alternatives to burning them that might allow Japan to become less dependent on nations like Saudi Arabia? Japan, Inc. are continuing policies similar to those in the 1930s that brought the country and region ruin

Japan shouldn't be making any deals with a murderous scum of a prince！

Saudi Arabia - massive oil exporter.

Ya think they want to decarbonise ?

Not blooming likely !!!

to aid in the decarbonization and economic diversification

shopping trip. But liars. The USA puppet has to get oil, because USA told him , no Russian oil!

Why would Saudi Arabia want decarbonization, if all its business is about burning petrol.

They are not giving up that business right now. They will continue to sell oil and gas for the next 37 years -- their stated goal is to be net-zero by 2060.

But they are not stupid, by the time 2060 rolls around the oil market will only be a fraction of what it is right now. That's why they start to ween themselves off their oil first, and later they will start to sell the energy they produce on their huge areas of very unused, very sunny land.

Its not him meeting the representative of a country with questionable human right record. Every country tries to do what is best for itself. Its him parroting about the human right record of his neighbors whenever he talks about them, harping on their alleged human right record, trying/using it as an excuse/justification for his parroting.

That is the issue.

Kishida did not raise the alleged murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. The U.S. intelligence community concluded that the crown prince approved an operation that resulted in the killing, causing a global outcry.

Yes, a gutless tool he is. But no one else seems to have a pair to raise this matter either.

Did he get a fist bump?

That must have been one of the funniest days ever for them, when someone of the West and unbelievers comes by and wants to discuss decarbonization with them.

Saudi Arabia is in the midst of efforts to reduce its dependence on oil exports and is striving to build a stronger private-sector economy under its Vision 2030 economic reform blueprint and is interested in Japan's energy technology know-how.

There are a few of us few who are aware of the Saudi reforms, a few more who read beyond the headlines, then the rest.

OKuniyoshiJuly 17 08:16 pm JST

Its him parroting about the human right record of his neighbors whenever he talks about them, harping on their alleged human right record, trying/using it as an excuse/justification for his parroting.

Freedom of speech means Kishida is free to call out the filthy CCP regime as he desires.

factcheckerJuly 17  08:38 pm JST

The U.S. intelligence community concluded that the crown prince approved an operation that resulted in the killing, causing a global outcry.

That would be the same intelligence community that concluded Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, right?

Peter NeilToday 05:35 am JST

factcheckerJuly 17  08:38 pm JST

The U.S. intelligence community concluded that the crown prince approved an operation that resulted in the killing, causing a global outcry.

That would be the same intelligence community that concluded Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, right?

Yeah, how dare they get something wrong that was previously true and difficult to assess.

agreed to cooperate in sharing technology to aid in the decarbonization and economic diversification of the Middle Eastern nation, while ensuring Japan's ongoing access to its oil.

dare I say, Saudi has Japan over a barrell?