{"id":584558,"date":"2026-08-30T03:10:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T03:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/584558\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T03:10:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T03:10:39","slug":"japan-backs-fusion-recycling-startups-in-125m-public-private-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/584558\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan backs fusion, recycling startups in $125m public-private funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"ArticleTag_articleTag__P1Zo7\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/business\/startups\" data-trackable=\"primary-tag\" data-dark-mode=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Startups<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"NewsArticleHeader_newsArticleHeaderSubtitle__ZlvPp\" data-trackable=\"subhead\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">GX Acceleration Agency&#8217;s investment in Kyoto Fusioneering, JEPLAN, is part of $2.3tn plan<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-main img-fluid ImageNew_imageNewImageResponsive__f1VTu\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/cms-image-bucket-productionv3-ap-northeast-1-a7d2.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/images\/3\/1.jpeg\" alt=\"20260823N Kyoto Fusioneering Nikkei\" width=\"780\" height=\"auto\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"NewsArticleCaption_newsArticleCaption__fxo8v\" data-trackable=\"caption\" data-dark-mode=\"false\" style=\"display:block\">Auxiliary equipment for nuclear fusion reactors developed by Kyoto Fusioneering. The investment by Japan&#8217;s GX Acceleration Agency is part of a broader plan to mobilize 370 trillion yen ($2.3\u00a0trillion) in public and private investment across 17 strategic sectors by fiscal 2040. (Photo by Eisaku Nitta)<\/p>\n<p>NODOKA MURAKAMI and KEIKO SUGIYAMA<\/p>\n<p>August 24, 2026 03:00 JST<\/p>\n<p data-dark-mode=\"false\" class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__2p1wC\">TOKYO &#8212; Japan&#8217;s Green Transformation (GX) Acceleration Agency has invested in two startups focused on nuclear fusion and plastics recycling, helping spur a total of 20 billion yen ($125 million) in combined public-private funding for the companies, Nikkei has learned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Startups GX Acceleration Agency&#8217;s investment in Kyoto Fusioneering, JEPLAN, is part of $2.3tn plan Auxiliary equipment for nuclear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[152096,32319,273,738,37681,1759,111,139,69,287722,3354,147,1046],"class_list":["post-584558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-125m","tag-backs","tag-environment","tag-funding","tag-fusion","tag-japan","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-public-private","tag-recycling","tag-science","tag-startups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}