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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2017
Facing the new energy and climate realities
The new realities of energy and climate change contradict longheld policy assumptions.
EDITORIALS
Nov 15, 2017
Encouraging climate science, discouraging climate politics
The U.S. failure to lead on the issue of climate change gives other governments the chance to do so.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2017
Can Red China really be the world's new green leader?
In the absence of U.S. leadership, Beijing's policies on climate change are likely to set the global agenda.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 14, 2017
Taiwan says it was shut out of U.N. climate talks due to China pressure
Taiwan said its environment minister has been prevented from attending an annual U.N. climate meeting even with credentials as a non-governmental participant due to pressure from China.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2017
With U.S. pulling out, China may grasp climate leadership at U.N. talks
China has a chance to assert leadership of a global plan to combat global warming this week at the first U.N. climate talks since U.S. President Donald Trump decided to quit the 195-nation Paris Agreement, delegates say.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 2, 2017
Tokyo International Film Festival closes with an inconvenient message from Al Gore
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore Jr. still remembers the childhood experiences that inspired his passion for the natural environment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 1, 2017
U.S. EPA bans scientists from independent advisory boards, riling Democrats
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Tuesday it will bar certain scientists from serving on its independent advisory boards, a move critics say could open the way to more industry-friendly advisers on the panels.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2017
Japan to help developing countries calculate greenhouse gas emissions
To increase international cooperation against global warming, the government will help developing countries more accurately estimate their greenhouse gas emissions, sources close to the matter said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 13, 2017
Disasters make 14 million people homeless each year, U.N. says
About 14 million people are being made homeless on average each year as a result of sudden disasters such as floods and storms, new figures show.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 12, 2017
From thin air to stone: Greenhouse gas test starts in Iceland
A Swiss company will start to extract carbon dioxide from thin air in Iceland on Thursday, seeking to transform the gas into rock far below ground in a first test of a costly technology meant to slow climate change.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 10, 2017
Asia-Pacific region at higher risk from disasters, U.N. warns in report
Natural disasters could become more destructive in the Asia-Pacific region, where a person is already five times more likely to be affected than in other area of the world, the United Nations warned Tuesday, urging countries to invest in resilience plans.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 4, 2017
Under Trump's review, EPA set to propose repeal of Obama's climate regulation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will propose repealing the Clean Power Plan — the Obama administration's centerpiece regulation to fight climate change — and plans to solicit input on a rule to replace it, according to an EPA document seen by Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2017
Parched nations tap cloud seeding
Threading through clouds, often with shaky turbulence and occasional thunder, 71-year-old pilot Gary Walker burns the flares on his plane's wings, releasing chemicals as he flies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2017
At U.N., Trump's tough talk opens door for Macron's diplomacy
French President Emmanuel Macron cast himself as the antithesis of U.S. President Donald Trump at the United Nations on Tuesday, a position that could enable him to play the honest broker in international conflicts.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 19, 2017
U.N. making slow progress on sweeping goals to end global poverty amid rise of nationalism
Ambitious global goals aimed at ending poverty and inequality by 2030 are moving more slowly than expected and would struggle to get approval from United Nations members if put to a vote today, an exclusive survey showed on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2017
Tillerson signals U.S. may stay in Paris climate pact 'under the right conditions'
The United States could remain in the Paris climate accord under the right conditions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday, signaling a shift in tone for the Trump administration, which angered allies with its decision to pull out of the agreement.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2017
Russia is an emerging superpower in food supply
Climate change is opening up vast regions in Russia to farming.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2017
Asian cities' endless summer
Without new climate initiatives, the region's cities could contribute more than half of the increase in global greenhouse gas emissions over the next 20 years.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 8, 2017
Germany will miss 2020 climate goals by wide margin due to economic growth and immigration, study says
Germany is set to miss its goal to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by a far wider margin than previously thought, a study said on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 1, 2017
Study links climate change to record U.S. road deaths
Climate change — not increased use of cell phones — might be to blame for an unusual spike in road deaths that hit the United States two years ago, said a study published on Thursday.
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.
Japan soccer player Sano arrested for alleged sexual assault
Professional soccer player Kaishu Sano has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman in her 30s at a Tokyo hotel.
Taro Kono says central bank needs to raise rates to lift yen
Taro Kono, Japan's digital transformation minister, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
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.

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