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JOHN KERRY

John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy on climate issues, gestures as he attends a news conference in Beijing in July 2023.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Mar 4, 2024
John Kerry bolstered U.S. climate reputation, but trust still elusive
Kerry is credited with restoring U.S. climate ties with China and courting private capital for climate action.
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, speak during a news conference in Dubai on Dec.13.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jan 16, 2024
U.S. and China start new climate era after veteran envoys step down
The challenge now is building a system that can continue even without the connection shared by the departing envoys.
John Kerry at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2021. Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden's special envoy for climate, plans to step down from the Biden administration.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2024
John Kerry to step down as Biden’s climate envoy
Kerry, 80, plans to transition out of the U.S. government and help the re-election campaign of U.S. President Joe Biden, a report said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2023
U.S. envoy John Kerry says China-U.S. climate relations need 'more work'
The two sides agreed climate change was urgent and that they should stick to the global commitment 'to keep 1.5 alive.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 18, 2023
Kerry says climate cooperation could help stabilize U.S.-China ties
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said talks with top Chinese officials were a rare opportunity for the two sides to boost ties via cooperation on fighting climate change.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 15, 2023
U.S. climate envoy heads to Beijing as world’s top polluters look for ways to stem crisis
As floods and heat waves made worse by global warming rattle the globe, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry will explore ways the world’s top two polluters can cooperate.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 4, 2023
U.S. climate envoy Kerry says China has invited him for talks
China last year briefly suspended talks with the U.S. on climate, security and other areas in response to a visit to Taiwan by then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2023
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry meets Kishida after G7 environmental summit
Their talks centered on Kishida's push for a green transformation and the efforts being made by the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to tackle climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 15, 2021
How a dispute over coal nearly sank the Glasgow Climate Pact
As envoys prepared to take their seats to adopt the accord on Saturday night, an unresolved dispute over coal threatened to derail it, and most of the people in the room had no idea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2021
China warns U.S. that political tensions put climate cooperation at risk
The U.S. hopes to keep climate issues separate from disputes with China on trade, human rights and the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2021
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry visits Tokyo to build momentum for U.N. summit
Kerry's stop in the capital, where he met with senior Japanese politicians, is part of a worldwide effort to raise ambitions ahead of the meeting in Glasgow.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 10, 2021
Reality check awaits John Kerry and his bid to cut ships’ emissions
The U.S. climate envoy said in April that he wants international shipping's emissions to drop to zero by 2050.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 18, 2021
Despite tensions, U.S. and China agree to work together on climate change
The agreement comes only days before Biden is scheduled to hold a virtual climate summit with world leaders, hoping to prod countries to do more to reduce emissions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2020
Biden urged to bolster John Kerry by declaring climate emergency
Progressive environmentalists are mounting a long-shot bid to get President-elect Joe Biden to go beyond naming a climate czar and declare an environmental national emergency, borrowing a tactic employed by President Donald Trump to fund part of his border wall.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2017
Kerry and Israeli, Jordanian, Egyptian leaders secretly met for peace talks a year ago: report
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met secretly a year ago with the leaders of Egypt and Jordan in a failed attempt by the Obama administration to convene a wider regional summit on Israeli-Palestinian peace, Israel's Haaretz daily said Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 11, 2017
Kerry snipes at Trump's tweets, picks' lack of accountability, warns of 'authoritarian populism'
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday warned of the dangers of authoritarian populism and offered a thinly veiled critique of Donald Trump's prolific use of Twitter, saying it allowed the president-elect to avoid accountability.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 10, 2017
Kerry apologizes for past firings of gay U.S. State Dept. staff
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday apologized to hundreds of State Department employees who were fired after the start of the Cold War for being gay in what is known as the "lavender scare."
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Honda and Nissan consider mutual production of vehicles, report says
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in October 2023.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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