Japan’s AZEC and POWERR Asia Are Failing Southeast Asia
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Tokyo has every right to defend its own trade networks. But it has no right to dress up its domestic fossil fuel strategy as a regional partnership for decarbonization and energy security.

Tokyo has every right to defend its own trade networks. But it has no right to dress up its domestic fossil fuel strategy as a regional partnership for decarbonization and energy security.

Country: Japan
Actor: POWERR Asia (government agency)
Source: The Diplomat · 13 Nov 2026