Factbox - Japan counts on technology to clean up push for coal power

(Reuters) - Japan is set to release a long-term plan aimed at making thermal power generation cleaner and more efficient to help the world's fifth-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases meet a pledge to cut emissions under a global climate agreement. Japan has also been trying to boost exports of its thermal power technology, sparking criticism from environmental groups and some other developed economies. Japan aims to use carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon and utilization (CCU) to help re