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CLIMATE

EDITORIALS
Aug 1, 2015
Health gains lost to climate change
All of the impressive scientific and medical gains of modern civilization are in danger of being lost because of the effects of climate change and environmental degradation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 30, 2015
Japan's action plan to fight climate change
The Foreign Ministry says Japan's ambitious goals signal its determination to lead the way for the reduction of emissions globally.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2015
Japan's 2030 climate goals will clash with planned investments in coal
With countries from China to Brazil lining up to showcase efforts to rein in pollution that causes global warming, developers of coal power plants in Japan may find themselves increasingly under pressure.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2015
Japan sets 26 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions as 2030 target
Japan will slash greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent by 2030 from 2013 levels.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2015
Climate change conference's smoke and mirrors
The story that the producers of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference will ask viewers to believe relies on technologies that are no more effective than smoke and mirrors.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 10, 2015
Seas could rise 6 meters even if governments curb global warming: study
Sea levels could rise by at least 6 meters (20 feet) in the long term, swamping coasts from Florida to Bangladesh, even if governments achieve their goals for curbing global warming, a study published Thursday said.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 3, 2015
Rising number of local governments set targets to cut emissions
Twenty local governments, representing areas producing 5 percent of global climate-changing emissions, have committed to targets to cut those emissions, with the majority also setting goals for renewable energy, a platform uniting them said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 2, 2015
Melting sea ice to cause polar bear population to plunge, U.S. study finds
Imperiled polar bears will see a population crash in most parts of the Arctic Ocean if global greenhouse gas emissions continue at current rates, causing accelerated melting of the sea ice the bruins depend on for survival, U.S. scientists said on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 26, 2015
Pope Francis as environmentalist
Pope Francis has issued a powerful call on mankind to protect the environment, achieving an important alignment of science and religion.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 24, 2015
China set to list greenhouse gas reduction goals, at cost topping $6 trillion
It will cost China over $6.6 trillion (41 trillion yuan) to meet the greenhouse gas reduction goals it will lay out later this month in its strategy for United Nations climate negotiations, the country's lead negotiator for the talks said Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2015
Why the pope cares about the Earth
By invoking St. Francis in his encyclical on the environment, the pope calls us to remember the fundamental interdependence of all life.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 23, 2015
U.S. and China to seek patch of common ground as key talks begin
The U.S. and China will have no trouble filling the agenda as they meet this week for their seventh Strategic and Economic Dialogue. The challenge will be finding topics on which they can agree.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 17, 2015
In leaked draft encyclical, pope urges urgent action to thwart climate change
The world could see the destruction of entire ecosystems this century without urgent action on climate change, Pope Francis says in a draft of his keenly awaited encyclical on the environment.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 11, 2015
New U.S. plan to trim aviation emissions satisfies industry, worries greens
For two years, President Barack Obama has used his executive power to impose new rules to cut carbon emissions, targeting cars and power plants, buoying environmentalists and infuriating industry.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 8, 2015
Sincere climate pledge or 'sleight of hand'?
Last week, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet announced Japan would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent by 2030, based on 2013 levels. The plan will be presented to delegates at a United Nations conference on climate change in Paris this December.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 8, 2015
G-7 chiefs kick off Alpine summit by taking tough stance toward Russia, rule out 'Grexit'
Group of Seven leaders vowed at a summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday to keep sanctions against Russia in place until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists fully implement the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 5, 2015
Investors must take climate change into account: study
Most investors need to make a significant behavioral shift and start factoring climate change into their portfolio risk management, a study on its impact on financial market returns found on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 4, 2015
Secret of Greenland's vanishing lakes found
Scientists were baffled last year after meltwater lakes atop Greenland's ice sheet suddenly drained out at rates rivaling Niagara Falls.
Japan's elderly population grows to record 36.25 million
The proportion of people aged 65 and over has risen since the 1950s and is expected to hit 34.8% by 2040, when the second baby boomers (born 1971-1974) will join that group.
'Shogun' becomes first non-English-language winner of best drama Emmy
Japanese actress Anna Sawai, winner of the outstanding lead actress in a drama series award for "Shogun," and Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the outstanding lead actor in a drama series award for the show, pose in the press room during the 76th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Japan jumps to No. 2, from sixth place, in Best Countries index
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Japan has experienced a postpandemic travel boom, with tourists pouring back in after restrictions closed the country’s borders to travelers.
South Korea is facing deepfake porn crisis
Activists hold up symbolic eye masks during a protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on Aug. 30.
Second assassination attempt on Trump is latest jolt in chaotic campaign
U.S. Secret Service and Homeland Security agents check a former home of a Ryan Routh, a suspect in an alleged assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Sunday.
‘Shogun’ and the painstaking art of ‘getting it right’
Hiroyuki Sanada and the cast and crew of "Shogun" accept the award for best drama series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
Japan’s schools battle to keep kids cool, with or without AC
Students sit under a misting system during recess at Hikarigaoka Haru no Kaze Elementary School in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 6.
Chris Broad's new bar puts cocktails first, YouTube second
A self-proclaimed lover of great cocktails, YouTuber Chris Broad says his new Shibuya watering hole is more a place to get yourself a solid drink than it is anything related to his social media career.
In LDP presidential poll, three kingmakers hold all the cards
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo in January as former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (left) looks on.
How China’s dominance of solar and batteries is impacting Japan’s energy transition
Solar panels and wind turbines at a power plant in Hami in China's Xinjiang region. The U.S. and other countries have described China’s actions against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region, a key cog in the cleantech supply chain, as a genocidal campaign aimed at erasing an entire culture.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?
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