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Between June 29 and July 1, 2026, JFE Steel Corporation ran hydrogen reduction tests at a small pilot plant with a production capacity of 15 kilograms per hour at its East Japan Works in Chiba, and came away with roughly one ton of reduced iron made using green hydrogen instead of coal, the first time that has been done anywhere in Japan (GREINS, 2026a). A single ton is a rounding error against the more than 80 million tons of crude steel Japan produces every year. Yet this i
