Bank of Japan policy board member Ayano Sato said firms are increasingly passing higher costs to consumers and the BOJ must guard against potential inflationary effects from yen depreciation. She said monetary policy should focus on inflation while fiscal policy should support households and firms hit by rising prices. Appointed by dovish Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Sato declined to comment on the timing or pace of further rate hikes and said the BOJ must watch both downside growth risks and

The final large module for Haiyang nuclear Phase II was hoisted into place, marking the project’s shift into installation and commissioning. State Power Investment Corp said the lift was for Haiyang unit 4’s nuclear island; its passive containment cooling water tank holds over 3,000 tonnes and can gravity-feed water to cool the reactor building without AC power in extreme scenarios, working with other passive safety systems. SPIC said that at full commercial output Haiyang will be the world’s largest passive PWR nuclear complex.

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