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ENVIRONMENT

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2018
Island of plastic debris in Pacific far bigger than thought, study says
A giant island of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean holds as much as 16 times more debris than was previously thought, posing a significant threat to the food chain, scientists said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 22, 2018
Last three years hottest on record: U.N.
The past three years were the hottest on record and heat waves in Australia, freak Arctic warmth and water shortages in Cape Town are extending harmful weather extremes in 2018, the United Nations said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 18, 2018
China will set stricter targets against air pollution
China will set more stringent targets for improving the nation's air quality under a new three-year plan, as Beijing prepares to beef up a nationwide crackdown on polluters in its campaign to clear its notoriously toxic skies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 12, 2018
China giving lithium batteries a second life
Repurposing lithium-ion batteries instead of recycling them is a simple idea, but it may have profound consequences.
EDITORIALS
Mar 10, 2018
Long-term climate plan needed
Global warming is a fact of life. Japan needs a comprehensive plan of attack to mitigate the negative effects.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 9, 2018
Ottawa irked as wife of Iranian-Canadian who died in jail is barred from leaving Iran
The wife of an Iranian-Canadian environmental activist who died in prison in Tehran last month was barred from leaving Iran, one of her sons said, in an unexplained move that drew an angry response from Canada.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Mar 5, 2018
Environment Ministry revises pet disaster aid policy
The government has released new guidelines on the issue of what to do with pets during a disaster.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Mar 2, 2018
Indonesia aims to banish toxic waste from lifeline Citarum River
Indonesia's Citarum River burbles past terraced rice paddies and quiet farming villages in the highlands of West Java as it begins to wind its way hundreds of kilometers toward the sea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2018
Can lab meat feed — and save — the world?
'Clean meat' — produced without raising and slaughtering animals — could be the next food revolution.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 12, 2018
Duterte threatens to close 'sewer pool' holiday island of Boracay
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday ordered an urgent cleanup of the country's most famous tourist hot spot, Boracay, calling it a "sewer pool" that he will not hesitate to shut down completely.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2018
Portuguese carnival revelers take pot shots at Putin, Kim and Trump
Portuguese revelers portray Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as sharks, in a yearly carnival famed for its political satire.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Feb 11, 2018
There's no business like snow business
A few weeks ago I had things to do in Tokyo and Yokohama, so I had a ticket booked for a late-afternoon train from Nagano on Jan. 22. Then that morning my manager in Tokyo phoned to tell me I should come early because "heavy snow" was expected during the day, meaning trains would be delayed and taxis...
WORLD
Feb 11, 2018
Iranian-Canadian environmental activist imprisoned by Tehran dies
An Iranian-Canadian dual citizen and environmental activist imprisoned by Iranian authorities last month has died in prison, his son wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2018
California vows to ban crude from Trump offshore drilling plan
California will block the transport of petroleum from new offshore oil rigs through its state, officials told Reuters, a move meant to hobble the Trump administration's effort to vastly expand drilling in U.S. federal waters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2018
EPA chief irks ethanol advocates with call for biofuel policy revamp seen as 'backhanded swipe at rural jobs'
The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that the recent bankruptcy of a Pennsylvania oil refiner was evidence the nation's biofuel policy needs an overhaul in comments that infuriated biofuels advocates.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2018
Coal firms plead to courts and Trump for West Coast export terminals amid snub by states
The ailing U.S. coal industry is ramping up its political and legal offensive to win approval for West Coast export terminals that could provide a lifeline to lucrative Asia markets.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
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