Japan Has More Opportunity to Use Ethanol, Nansei Chief Says

Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Japan has more opportunity to use ethanol as the nation’s nuclear reactors are idled, according to Nansei Sekiyu K.K.

“We have more opportunity to introduce biofuel in Japan, mainly ethanol,” Osvaldo Kwakami, president of Nansei Sekiyu, said today at a conference in Singapore.

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