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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 14, 2015
For China, climate deal is imperfect but huge step forward
For China, the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, the global climate accord reached in Paris marked a huge step toward greener growth that safeguards its sovereignty while falling short on funding for cleaner energy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2015
France issues climate draft to guide shift from fossil fuels
Hosts France issued a 31-page draft text of a deal to combat climate change on Saturday, hoping to secure adoption within hours from 195 nations and mark a turning point for the global economy away from fossil fuels.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 12, 2015
Melting glaciers blamed for subtle slowing of Earth's rotation
The melting of glaciers caused by the world's rising temperatures appears to be causing a slight slowing of the Earth's rotation, another illustration of the far-reaching impact of global climate change, scientists said on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 11, 2015
Investors need to get real about climate change
The threat to food and migration will wreak havoc with economic trends, stock values and interest rates.
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2015
Japan again among worst performers in climate protection effort index
Japan ranks among the worst performers in an index comparing the emissions of 58 countries and measures to protect the climate, far below other major emitters like the United States and India, according to a report by Germanwatch and Climate Action Network Europe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 11, 2015
Satellite monitoring of greenhouse gases is new space race
Scientists from the United States, Japan and China are racing to perfect satellite technology that could one day measure greenhouse gas emissions from space, potentially transforming the winner into the world's first climate cop.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2015
China, India can drive a renewable revolution
Forget climate change — it just makes economic sense for China and India to embrace renewable energy sources.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2015
Japan among worst-performing nations in tackling climate change, think tank says
Japan has one of the world's worst records in tackling climate change, think tank Germanwatch said at U.N. climate talks in Paris, citing the nation's promotion of coal-fired power plants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Dec 9, 2015
'Monster' El Nino could usher in decade of more and stronger events
In Buffalo, New York, it hasn't snowed yet this year. A Duluth, Minnesota, newspaper reported that the temperature was 40 degrees above zero, not below. And in Miami, beachgoers are staying indoors during what's already the third-wettest December in local history. What's going on with the weather?
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 8, 2015
Once a fixture, climate skeptics say they are being stifled at Paris summit
To be a climate change skeptic in Paris this week means facing heavy odds.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2015
Forest protection efforts need to be refocused
If the climate negotiators meeting in Paris are truly interested in halting forest loss and bringing climate change under control, they must address the underlying causes of these problems.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Dec 7, 2015
Warming may drive 100 million more people into poverty
Global warming could elevate disease, ravage crops and push 100 million more people into poverty unless action is taken to prevent it.
ENVIRONMENT
Dec 7, 2015
We may still lack the technology to halt climate change
Legions of diplomats are huddled right now in Paris trying to hash out a historic climate accord. Legions of entrepreneurs and investors aren't waiting on a treaty.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 4, 2015
El Nino monthly indicator reaches level not seen since 1997
A key monthly indicator for El Nino has reached a level not seen since 1997, when the weather pattern caused heavy rains and flooding in parts of South America and severe drought hit crops in Indonesia, according to the U.S. weather agency.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2015
The climate-terror connection
Where climate change threatens to lay waste to the environment, fanatics have banded together to lay waste to civilization.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 3, 2015
Climate talks nations close in on five-year review of pledged carbon cuts
Climate negotiators in Paris are drawing close to resolving one of the sticking points for a breakthrough emissions pact by favoring a five-year review period on promised greenhouse gas cuts, a top official said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2015
Pragmatism in climate policy
The top-down approach on display at the Paris climate-change summit is being discarded in favor of a bottom-up model where countries act voluntarily on their own to curb emissions.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2015
In Maldives, politics, greed trump climate change
Few places are as threatened by climate change as the Maldives, but the current regime, which took over in a coup, is more interested in selling oil-drilling licenses than in saving the nation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 2, 2015
Cold front clears Beijing's smog and saves the mayor's neck — for now
A cold front that swept choking smog from northern China couldn't have come sooner for Beijing's mayor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2015
Japan, EU chair Luxembourg agree on efforts to step up free trade talks
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Luxembourg counterpart Xavier Bettel agreed in their talks to seek an early conclusion of a free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union, a senior Japanese official said.
Cutting ties with JCP not easy for CDP despite Renho's defeat
When Renho (center) announced her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election on May 27, the head of the Japanese Communist Party's secretariat, Akira Koike (far left), was also in attendance.
Trump's VP pick signals stronger focus on China
Former U.S. President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to his vice presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance, during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday.
Japan’s minimum wage might not budge much if corporate fears prevail
Unionists hold a rally in Tokyo in April. Households' real cash earnings have been falling year on year for more than two years, with the weakening of the yen making the situation only more difficult as prices of imported goods increase rapidly.
Trump says Taiwan should pay for defense, sending TSMC stock down
Shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker and a major Apple and Nvidia supplier, closed 2.4% lower on Wednesday.
Three novelists named for Akutagawa and Naoki awards
Naoki Prize winner Michi Ichiho (left), and Akutagawa Prize winners Sanzo K. Matsunaga (center) and Aki Asahina pose with their award-winning books at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.

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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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