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Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 28, 2021
Why it’s so difficult to compare nations’ climate goals
There is no common accounting for what nations in the Paris Agreement are doing to fight climate change.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 23, 2021
Japan’s new emissions goals a step forward but not enough to hit 2050 target
Climate Action Tracker analysis shows that Japan needs to reduce emissions by 62% by 2030 from 2013 levels to meet Paris Agreement targets.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 23, 2021
Biden’s climate summit shows how far U.S. leadership has to go
Many of the 40 heads of state who participated had their own message: America needs to do more to convince everyone else that it's both up to the task and reliable over the long haul.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 21, 2021
Biden will pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions nearly in half
The president will commit the United States to deep cuts in emissions at an Earth Day summit meeting that starts on Thursday, according to people familiar with the plan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2021
Climate change won't be stopped by 593 pages of green tape
In the race to net zero, the European Union should have a head start in setting those standards given many years of investor interest.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / Remembering 3/11
Mar 8, 2021
To secure a green future, Japan must reckon with its nuclear past
The government panel shaping the nation's energy future sees the restart of almost every reactor halted after meltdowns in 2011 as necessary to meet climate goals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2021
Time for realism in the climate battle
After the one-year respite caused by COVID-19, carbon emissions will be staying stubbornly high, just as they were before the pandemic pushed down world energy demand for a while.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2021
With one number, Biden reverses Trump’s way of valuing climate
The president has reactivated the Obama-era approach to estimating the cost of climate change, a move that establishes a much higher dollar value for greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 10, 2021
Bolder climate action could save millions of lives each year by 2040
New research highlighted how the potential health benefits of climate action could give added impetus to countries to submit more ambitious national climate plans.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 3, 2021
Paris Games will have COVID-19 contingency plans in place if pandemic extends into 2024
Organizing committee president Tony Estanguet said Paris 2024 is preparing for any eventuality.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 30, 2021
Afghanistan's first female breakdancer sets sights on Paris Olympics
Many conservative Afghans frown on dancing of any description, and even more vehemently object to a woman's public participation — some of them violently.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2021
Biden, in a burst of climate orders, rejoins the Paris Agreement
The moves represent a first step in healing one of the deepest rifts between the United States and the rest of the world after Trump defiantly rejected the Paris pact.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2021
Biden rolls back Trump policies on border wall, climate, health, Muslims
U.S. President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions shortly after being sworn on Wednesday, undoing policies put in place by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, and making his first moves on the pandemic and climate change.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 20, 2021
How to decarbonize Japan
Climate change is a marathon, not a sprint: Japan will make greater progress if these issues are not politicized and all major parties agree on emissions reduction as a common goal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 19, 2021
As floods hit Borneo, Indonesia urged to boost climate action under Paris accord
The archipelago is already suffering the impacts of rising global temperatures, with its cities and coastal areas hit by regular flooding and rising sea levels.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 11, 2021
Pandemic delays leave nations facing climate action catch-up in 2021
Governments are being urged to show 'real climate ambition that communities will benefit from' in 2021 as their economies start to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 3, 2021
After the virus: Getting back on the Paris climate track
Though the agreement initially met with doubts, its primary mechanisms are proving their efficiency and efficacy.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 18, 2020
Paris 2024 chief says breakdancing included to reach out to youth
The inclusion of breakdancing at the 2024 Olympics may been surprising but organizers were drawn to the sport's potential to attract a younger fan base and grow the Olympic audience in the internet age, Paris Games chief Tony Estanguet said.
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Japan and the U.S. begin tariff talks on good terms, but without breakthroughs
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, speaks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday.
Parts of Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines to be suspended over weekend
Sections of the outer loop of Tokyo's Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tohoku Line will be shut down all day Saturday, and from the start of service through around noon on Sunday.
China executes man over Japanese school bus stop murder
The bus stop in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, where a Japanese mother, her child, and a Chinese woman were attacked in June 2024
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Kyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strife
Palestinian American photographer Adam Rouhana’s exhibition at this year’s Kyotographie festival shows Palestinian life, not death and rubble.
Privacy and transparency clash in debate over bill on artificial insemination
Sachiko Ishizuka, who was born via artificial insemination by donor (AID), tells her story to lawmakers from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on April 9.
Why Ishiba became the first prime minister to hold talks with Rengo in 16 years
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Japanese Trade Union Confederation chief Tomoko Yoshino in a meeting Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.

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