SteelWatch, Friends of the Earth Japan, and local community group, ‘Protect the Kujukuri Coast’ hold a banner reading “Coal first Puts Communities Last” outside Nippon Steel’s 2026 annual general meeting in Tokyo, and hand out campaign information to attending investors. The company is is facing growing pressure to abandon costly, “zombie projects” designed to extend the life of coal-based production, which have no clear path to success and create health and environmental risks for surrounding communities.
