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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2020
World's second-largest reef, Mesoamerican Reef, now in decline
The condition of the world's second-largest coral system, the Mesoamerican Reef stretching from Mexico to Central America, has taken a turn for the worse and faces further threats from climate change, according to a report by a group of scientists.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 14, 2020
Fires in Australia's New South Wales contained for first time in nearly six months
Fires across Australia's most populous state are now contained for the first time in nearly six months, authorities said on Friday, as heavy rains aid firefighters and boost some dam levels to their highest in nearly two years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 13, 2020
Plant a trillion trees: U.S. lawmakers offer fossil fuel-friendly climate fix
Republican lawmakers on Wednesday proposed legislation setting a goal for the United States to plant a trillion trees by 2050 to fight global warming, a plan intended to address climate change by sucking carbon out of the air instead of by cutting emissions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 12, 2020
Australia's 'black summer' offers glimmer of hope on climate policy
Australia's deadly wildfires have opened up a small window of opportunity for the country to break a decadelong impasse on climate policy, as some politicians and big business push for major change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2020
Climate activists invade BlackRock office in Paris, demanding firm exit from fossil fuels
Dozens of climate activists invaded U.S. asset manager BlackRock's office in central Paris on Monday, calling for the fund to pull out of fossil fuel investments.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 10, 2020
Japan goes into reverse on going green
The country abandoned nuclear energy and is building coal plants that will spew as much CO2 as all the cars in the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2020
Energy markets need winter, and climate change is taking it away
Even before the deadly coronavirus struck, another menace confronted the global energy industry: the warmest winter anyone can remember.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2020
Australia mega-fire doused as torrential rain brings relief
A wildfire that burned out an area eight times the size of Manhattan has been put out as torrential downpours across Australia's east coast brought relief to firefighters who have been battling blazes for several months.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2020
Sea of Okhotsk drift ice finally spotted off Hokkaido, 19 days later than usual
The winter's first sighting of drift ice from the Sea of Okhotsk took place Sunday in Abashiri, Hokkaido, marking the tourist attraction's second-latest arrival since 1946, when the Meteorological Agency began recording the phenomena.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2020
Why we must save endangered wetlands
Wetlands, our most valuable ecosystem, are rapidly disappearing.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2020
Trump administration closes antitrust probe of carmakers over emissions pact
The Justice Department has abandoned its antitrust probe of four automakers that sided with California over President Donald Trump in a fight over the future of fuel economy and emissions requirements.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2020
U.K. carmakers press Boris Johnson to fund pledge to end gasoline era by 2035
Automakers in the U.K. are pressing for government funding to meet a new goal of killing off combustion cars by 2035, even as demand for electric models is surging.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 6, 2020
Indonesian president orders officials to find a permanent solution to forest fires
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Thursday ordered government officials to find a permanent solution to prevent devastating annual forest fires, mainly started by humans but made worse by climate change.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2020
A climate change lesson from Scotland's little ice age
Countries will be more resilient if they stick together.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2020
Japan should feel the temperature at Davos
The sense of urgency to create a more sustainable human existence must be shared across the world, including Japan, which failed to send any policymakers to Davos this year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 30, 2020
African locust invasions believed triggered by climate change
Climate change may be powering the swarms of desert locusts that have invaded eastern Africa, ravaging crops, decimating pasture and deepening a hunger crisis, locust and climate experts said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2020
Japan team develops material that turns greenhouse gases into ingredients for fuel
A research team including Tokyo Institute of Technology members has developed a photocatalyst material that can convert methane and carbon dioxide into a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with only light irradiation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2020
Adidas to launch new fabrics from recycled ocean plastic and polyester
Adidas will launch new fabrics made from recycled polyester and marine plastic waste and expand the product lines that use them after the success of shoes made with the Parley for the Oceans initiative, the sportswear firm said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 28, 2020
Net-zero at Davos
Corporate and finance leaders must recognize that as members of the global elite, they have a duty to lead the charge toward a clean, low-carbon economy.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 28, 2020
Going green with your Japanese vocabulary
Everyone seems to be talking about the environment and if you're going to get people to step up and help then we'll have to know what language to use.
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.
'Super spicy' potato chips land Japan students in hospital
High school students were taken to hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday after eating "super spicy" potato chips.
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Japan keeps up yen warnings as two-day intervention suspected
An electronic screen displays a graph showing yen exchange rates surging against the U.S. dollar amid an alert to the possibility of intervention in Tokyo on Friday.
Hyogo governor stands firm on not resigning despite official's death
Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito speaks to reporters on Tuesday.
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.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

Podcast

You can often see generations of families enjoying performances together at Fuji Rock Festival.
Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

Longform

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'
By Tomoko Otake

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