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ENVIRONMENT

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2021
China’s new oil giants thrive amid Xi’s push for cleaner energy
'Teapot 2.0' firms have built vast refining complexes that are greener and more focused on using crude to make plastics and chemicals instead of more polluting fuels such as diesel.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2021
Once-in-50-year heat waves now happening every decade
Heat waves, droughts and torrential rains are set to become more frequent and extreme as the earth warms further, a U.N. climate science report says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2021
The era of cheap natural gas ends as prices surge by 1,000%
With few other options, the world is expected to depend more on cleaner-burning gas as a replacement to coal to help achieve near-term green goals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2021
U.S. carmakers’ EV pledge gives burned environmentalists deja vu
President Joe Biden has set the goal of slashing U.S. emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieving a carbon-free economy by 2050.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2021
With time slipping away, prospects of a climate deal at COP26 are waning
With less than three months before climate talks in Glasgow, diplomats are struggling to pull global climate policy back from the brink of disaster.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2021
What Tokyo and Seoul must do to meet their coal pledges
As Japan and South Korea work through policy implementation on ending funding for new coal projects, their decisions will reverberate beyond their borders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 31, 2021
Climate change is coming for the Great Barrier Reef
Coral reefs are one of the world's most visible and sensitive barometers of climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 26, 2021
Extreme weather renews focus on climate change as scientists update forecasts
The list of extremes in just the last few weeks has been startling.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 24, 2021
South African farmers dream of drought insurance on climate front line
Only 20% of the country's commercial grain farmers have coverage, with each year getting hotter and drier
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 24, 2021
Earthquakes, typhoons … and now we have to worry about heat domes?
High temperatures in Japan have reached more than 41 degrees Celsius in the past, but a heat dome in Canada has the media speculating on whether higher temperatures are ahead.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 23, 2021
Heat, floods and fires: Jet stream is key link in climate disasters
Jet stream changes can cause winds to weaken, allowing dangerous weather to remain stuck in the same place for days or weeks at a time.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 22, 2021
The Sea of Marmara, a ‘sapphire’ of Turkey, is choking from pollution
The Marmara has been sickening for a long time, and this year, it suffered a paroxysm that choked its waters and suffocated marine life.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2021
Absent crowds, Tokyo Olympics have a shot at being green
Without the traveling crowds to feed, house and entertain, the Games' carbon footprint will be cut by 12% to about 2.4 million tons of carbon dioxide, organizers said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 21, 2021
Floods wreck towns, but Europe's wind power goals are tangled in red tape
The EU is veering off track for its emissions-cutting goals as hurdles slow wind power development.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2021
Honda scraps go-it-alone strategy for safer shift toward EVs
A partnership with GM is part of a trend of carmakers sharing the burden of bringing new technology to market.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 20, 2021
Tree-huggers know more than you think
Planting trees is good for the environment. The first and most immediate benefit is their ability to remove particulate matter and other forms of air pollution.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 20, 2021
China's wild elephants seek room to roam as habitats shrink
Under a footbridge in southwest China's Yunnan province, a lone female elephant makes a rare appearance at a clearing on the edge of thick forest, ignoring the heavy rain and the gathering crowds to graze and bathe in the chocolate-colored water.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 19, 2021
From LDP 'prince' to punchline: What happened to Shinjiro Koizumi?
In addition to being regularly lampooned on social media, the environment minister has struggled to maintain his influence amid COVID-19 and as a Cabinet insider.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 19, 2021
As temperatures rise, 'aliens' threaten Nepal's oldest national park
Nonnative plants have been spreading fast — and part of the reason is rising temperatures as fossil fuel use heats up the planet.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

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