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David Cooper (left), executive secretary of COP16, Colombian Environment Minister and COP16 President Susana Muhamad (center), and Astrid Schomaker, secretary of COP16, attend the closing session of the conference in Cali, Colombia, on Saturday.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Nov 3, 2024
U.N. talks on saving nature stumble on finance hurdle
COP16 was suspended after negotiations ran nearly 12 hours longer than planned and delegates started leaving.
Bleached corals in Koh Mak, Thailand, on May 8
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 28, 2024
Earth's biodiversity crisis in numbers
The COP16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, enters its second week to assess progress toward halting and reversing nature's destruction by 2030.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 29, 2023
'Serious impacts' in France as temperature rise hits 2.9 C, report warns
Independent climate body warns country is ill-prepared and needs 'far-reaching economic policy' to decarbonize the economy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 20, 2022
How Chinese diplomacy helped seal historic COP15 biodiversity deal
Beijing, which held the presidency of the talks, at first appeared to have a hands-off approach.
Reader Mail
Sep 21, 2008
Food basics confound government
I found myself getting irate well before I even finished reading the Sept. 17 article "Mikasa Foods sold tainted rice as edible to 370 firms." Incredibly, no one seems to have pointed out that if the government of Japan sells something to a FOOD company, then the government is pretty much accepting the...
Reader Mail
Nov 11, 2007
Education, business don't mix
Regarding the Nov. 4 editorial "Nova burns out": While it's tempting to believe that what happened to students and teachers in the Nova fiasco is an aberration, the truth is that as long as education is run as a business similar disasters will occur. That's because entrepreneurs are interested solely...
Reader Mail
Sep 2, 2007
Hunt for suspect won't end
Regarding the Aug. 23 article "Hawker believed tortured 1½ days": I would like to express my sorrow for the family of Lindsay Ann Hawker (the 22-year-old English teacher murdered in Chiba Prefecture in March). I believe Japanese authorities will never stop looking for the suspect (Tatsuya Ichihashi,...
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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