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JAPAN / View from Osaka
Nov 18, 2017
Osaka may be facing political headwinds in its quest to host World Expo 2025
"Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself." — "The Bat and the Weasels," Aesop's Fables
EDITORIALS
Nov 15, 2017
Encouraging climate science, discouraging climate politics
The U.S. failure to lead on the issue of climate change gives other governments the chance to do so.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2017
Can Red China really be the world's new green leader?
In the absence of U.S. leadership, Beijing's policies on climate change are likely to set the global agenda.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2017
With U.S. pulling out, China may grasp climate leadership at U.N. talks
China has a chance to assert leadership of a global plan to combat global warming this week at the first U.N. climate talks since U.S. President Donald Trump decided to quit the 195-nation Paris Agreement, delegates say.
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WORLD
Oct 4, 2017
Under Trump's review, EPA set to propose repeal of Obama's climate regulation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will propose repealing the Clean Power Plan — the Obama administration's centerpiece regulation to fight climate change — and plans to solicit input on a rule to replace it, according to an EPA document seen by Reuters.
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WORLD
Oct 4, 2017
Five held, grilled over wired explosives found planted in posh Paris neighborhood
French counterterrorism investigators questioned five people on Tuesday after police over the weekend found what appeared to be a ready-to-detonate bomb at an apartment building in one of Paris's poshest neighborhoods.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 30, 2017
Musician Tomoko Sauvage searches for freedom through sound
For Sauvage, what began as a pursuit of freedom through jazz became a search for a sound all her own.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2017
Tillerson signals U.S. may stay in Paris climate pact 'under the right conditions'
The United States could remain in the Paris climate accord under the right conditions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday, signaling a shift in tone for the Trump administration, which angered allies with its decision to pull out of the agreement.
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OLYMPICS
Sep 14, 2017
IOC formally awards Paris 2024 Olympics, LA 2028 Games
Paris was awarded the 2024 Summer Olympics and Los Angeles was handed the 2028 edition on Wednesday, as the International Olympic Committee broke with decades of tradition to vote on a unique double allocation.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2017
EPA hits climate scientists trying to 'politicize' Texas storm disaster
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday rejected a contention by scientists that the historic rainfall from Tropical Storm Harvey was linked to climate change, calling it "an attempt to politicize an ongoing tragedy."
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WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 9, 2017
Diplomatic cable instructs U.S. envoys to be indirect on re-engaging in Paris climate deal
U.S. diplomats should sidestep questions from foreign governments on what it will take for the Trump administration to re-engage in the global Paris climate agreement, according to a diplomatic cable seen by Reuters.
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WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2017
Macron's popularity rating drops 10 percentage points in month
President Emmanuel Macron's popularity rating has slumped by 10 percentage points this month, according to an Ifop poll on Sunday — the biggest decline for a new president since 1995.
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jul 23, 2017
Osaka's bid to outshine Paris for 2025 Expo still on shaky ground
With only four months to go until it must unveil detailed plans for its 2025 World Expo bid, Osaka's leaders plan to use the rest of the summer and early autumn to ramp up domestic and international efforts to raise the region's profile and tout its advantages over arch-rival Paris .
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COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2017
Trump's climate decision won't matter
U.S. President Donald Trump probably pulled America out of the Paris climate accord to bolster his sagging popularity ratings, but the rest of the world may benefit as well.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 16, 2017
Trump may reverse decision on climate accord, France's Macron says: report
French President Emmanuel Macron said he was hopeful that U.S. President Donald Trump would reverse his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, according to weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) on Sunday.
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WORLD
Jul 14, 2017
Twitter storm quick to follow after Trump tells French first lady she is in 'such good shape'
U.S. President Donald Trump praised French first lady Brigitte Macron for being in "such good shape" on Thursday during his state visit to France, according to a video on the French government's Facebook page.
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WORLD / Politics
Jul 14, 2017
Trump hints he could reverse decision to exit Paris climate pact if persuaded
President Donald Trump held the door open to a reversal of his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord on Thursday, but did not say what he would need in return to persuade him to do so.
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WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2017
Merkel camp's election program no longer refers to U.S. as 'friend' amid Trump chill
In their campaign program for the German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have dropped the term "friend" in describing the relationship with the United States.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.