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GLOBAL WARMING

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 1, 2015
Abe, Hollande call for international solidarity against terrorism
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and French President Francois Hollande called Monday for international solidarity against terrorism in the wake of the deadly Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2015
Abe slates Dec. 11-13 India trip during meeting with Modi in Paris
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit India from Dec. 11 to 13, according to the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 29, 2015
Abe leaves for France to attend U.N. climate summit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left for France on Sunday to attend a U.N. climate summit in Paris as part of a four-day trip which will also include a visit to Luxembourg.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2015
Test begins to store carbon dioxide under seabed off Hokkaido
A trial operation for capturing carbon dioxide emitted by factories and power plants for undersea storage began Friday at the nation's first major facility for that purpose in Hokkaido.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2015
OECD to end public financing of coal-fired power generation
Japan and other members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development will end public financing of coal-fired power generation in principle from 2017 to help rein in global warming, Japanese officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2015
Leaving our children nothing
If we set our minds to it, we could be the first in human history to leave our children nothing: no greenhouse gas emissions, no poverty and no biodiversity loss.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 28, 2015
Abe pledges promotion of women's empowerment as next year's G7 chair
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to further promote women's empowerment initiatives next year when Japan hosts the summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2015
Securing a sustainable future
The decisions taken this year, at the Sustainable Development Goals summit and at the climate conference in Paris in December, will have a lasting impact on our planet's future.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2015
Obama urges reaching climate deal in Paris 'while we still can'
President Barack Obama said on Monday that world leaders must agree to cut carbon emissions at a U.N. summit in December because the climate is changing faster than efforts to curb global warming.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2015
Curbing global warming: mission impossible?
There is a 'mission impossible' quality to curbing global warming, though few say it so openly. The dependence of economic growth on fossil fules seems to strong to overcome.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2015
Heed Pope Francis' call to protect the Amazon
When world leaders meet at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year to craft a response to the challenges of global warming, they should put in place policies to protect tropical forests and the people who make them their home.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2015
No agnostics in the climate foxhole
Some 97 percent of scientists endorse the position that humans are causing global warming. A consensus of such magnitude is as close as we ever get to a recognized scientific fact.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2015
Japan's reliance on coal, especially clean tech, poses costly challenge to cut emissions
Japan will depend on new coal technology that's more than twice the cost of traditional plants to meet its targets on reducing global warming pollution.
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.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 10, 2015
Global warming shrinking presence of vital bumblebees in Northern Hemisphere
Global warming is shrinking the terrain where bumblebees live in North America and Europe, with these vital pollinators departing the southernmost and hottest parts of their ranges while failing to move north into cooler climes, scientists say.
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.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2015
Japan earns 'Fossil of the Day' award for hampering fight against global warming
An international group of environmental organizations on Thursday awarded Japan a "Fossil of the Day" award for its failure to make sufficient efforts to fight global warming.
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2015
EU chief criticizes China's land reclamation in disputed waters
European Council President Donald Tusk has criticized "construction activities" in the South China Sea, a reference to China's land reclamation on submerged reefs, saying it would complicate the resolution of disputes.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
May 23, 2015
Pacific forecasters agree El Nino has arrived
Three of the big meteorological agencies on the Pacific Rim now agree: El Nino has come.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2015
Canada's climate change conundrum
A recent announcement that Canada won't match U.S. emission-reduction targets offers a fresh look at Canadians' enduring bipolarity on climate change.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
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.
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

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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'
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