Executive Vice-President of J-POWER, Electric Power Development Co., Ltd., Mr. Shinichiro Ota called on Mr. Hidetoshi Nishimura, Executive Director of ERIA on April 12, 2010.

Mr. Nishimura briefly descried on ERIA's activities since its establishment and also mentioned the future activities from now onward. During the discussion, both two sides stressed the importance over the development of Coal Fired Power Generation Technologies in the emerging region, saying, " efficient energy strategy can be attributed to Coal Fired Power Generation."