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Fish swim near recovering coral reefs after bleaching in late December 2023 due to extreme weather, in Bondalem village, Buleleng regency, Bali, Indonesia, on June 20.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jul 5, 2024
Coral bleachings devastate Bali reefs as sea temperatures rise
Indonesia, which had its most severe dry season last year since 2019, has roughly 5.1 million hectares of coral reefs and accounts for 18% of the world's total.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk and Indonesia's health minister, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, inaugurate the launch of the Starlink internet service in Bali's capital of Denpasar on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 19, 2024
Tycoon Musk launches Starlink in Indonesia
Millions of people in Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, are not currently hooked up to reliable internet services.
Tourists enjoy the sunset at Bali's Canggu beach in 2021.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Oct 19, 2023
In Bali, 'sea-sun-sand' tourists threaten ancient rainforest
The island seeks to limit visitors without scaring off too many job-creating visitors with exorbitant taxes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 9, 2023
Bali seeks a new kind of tourist after kicking out 136 unruly visitors this year
The local government has deported foreign visitors for various misconduct including indecent exposure, rowdy behavior and rule breaking, according to the Bali immigration office.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2020
Cheap holidays target locals across tourism-reliant Southeast Asia
With cash flow drying up at Thailand’s popular beach resort of Phuket, hotels are racing to restart tourism — starting with local travelers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2020
How traditions helped Bali avoid becoming a virus hot spot
Island's relative success in containing the virus may give it a head start when international travel resumes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 15, 2018
'Winter is coming': IMF talks in Bali point to tremors rattling world economy
Woken one night by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake at the IMF annual meetings in Bali, global finance chiefs spent the week assessing the tremors now rippling through the world economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2018
Tourists begin fleeing Indonesia's Lombok Island after second killer quake in a week strikes
Rescue workers found scenes of destruction across the north of Indonesia's resort island of Lombok on Monday after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake killed at least 91 people and prompted an exodus of tourists rattled by the second powerful quake in a week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 1, 2018
Amid tight security, hundreds of couples ring in new year at mass Jakarta wedding
Hundreds of Indonesian couples celebrated New Year's Eve on Sunday night by tying the knot in a mass wedding in Jakarta.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 30, 2017
Stranded tourists depart Bali as volcanic ash cloud shifts
Airlines laid on extra flights to Bali on Thursday to allow some of the thousands of passengers stranded by the eruption of Mount Agung to fly out, as a switch in wind direction sent volcanic ash away from the holiday island's airport.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2017
Bali volcano forces mass evacuation as alert raised to highest level
Indonesia raised its warning for Bali's Mount Agung volcano to the highest alert level Monday, closed the island's airport and told residents around the mountain to evacuate immediately, warning of an "imminent" risk of a larger eruption.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2017
Erupting volcano on Bali brings air travel warnings
Indonesian and regional authorities heightened flight warnings around Bali's Mount Agung on Sunday as the volcano's eruptions sent a plume of volcanic ash and steam more than 6,000 meters into the skies above the popular holiday island.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2017
Indonesia ready to divert Bali-bound flights if volcano erupts
Indonesian authorities are preparing to divert flights to 10 airports across the country in case an increasingly active volcano on the holiday island of Bali erupts and disrupts travel.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2017
Bali schoolchildren hold tsunami drill with help from U.N., Japan
Students scrambled to safety as sirens blared during a tsunami drill on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Tuesday, part of a campaign to prepare for disasters in the quake-prone country.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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