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POLLUTION

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2018
Pollution turns India's white marble Taj Mahal green
India's white marble Taj Mahal is turning yellow and green as the 17th century mausoleum weathers filthy air in the world's eighth-most polluted city.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 17, 2018
First 'plastic free' label to help shoppers curb pollution
A new "plastic-free" logo launched in Britain on Wednesday will allow shoppers to identify products with plastic packaging as companies come under growing pressure to use green alternatives.
EDITORIALS
May 3, 2018
Japan should play a proactive role on climate change
The G-20 summit that Japan will host next years presents the nation with a prime opportunity to rally from behind and take a leading role in efforts to combat global warming.
EDITORIALS
Apr 30, 2018
Time to tackle the plastic problem
Japan has a crucial role to play in the effort to reduce plastic-based pollution.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2018
The last straw: Britain to ban sale of stirrers and other single-use plastics in bid to curb marine waste
Britain plans to ban the sale of plastic straws and other single use products and is pressing Commonwealth allies to also take action to tackle marine waste, the office of British Prime Minister Theresa May said.
EDITORIALS
Apr 13, 2018
Undersea trove could upend rare earths market
A Japanese discovery could transform the global market for rare earth metals.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 4, 2018
Developing nations will study ways to block sunshine to slow global warming
Scientists in developing nations plan to step up research toward dimming sunshine to curb climate change, hoping to judge if a man-made chemical sunshade would be less risky than a harmful rise in global temperatures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2018
EPA gives giant refiner Andeavor a 'hardship' pass from biofuels regulations
The Environmental Protection Agency has exempted one of the nation's largest oil refining companies, Andeavor, from complying with U.S. biofuels regulations — a waiver historically reserved for tiny operations in danger of going belly up, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2018
Dealing with the neglected menace of pollution
With leadership, resources and well-formulated data-driven strategies, pollution — and its devastating effects on human health, wellbeing and prosperity — can be controlled.
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2018
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said to side with carmakers' calls to ease fuel rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that a landmark Obama-era effort to cut vehicle greenhouse gas emissions is too aggressive and agrees with automakers that the standards should be revised, according to people familiar with the matter.
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.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 22, 2018
Fewer new coal plants being built, but too many to meet Paris target, study says
The number of coal-fired power plants built worldwide fell steeply over the past two years, but emissions are too high to keep global warming within relatively safe levels, campaigners 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
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
Feb 22, 2018
Oil that reached Japan's shores was from sunken Iranian tanker Sanchi, coast guard says
Oil that reached islands in the Amami chain earlier this month is highly likely to have come from the sunken Iranian tanker Sanchi, the Japan Coast Guard said on Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2018
Tokyo takes more steps to deal with Sanchi oil spill
Japan steps up measures to deal with what has been described as potentially one of the worst oil spills in decades before it taints Kyushu and Okinawa.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 28, 2018
Better plastics for healthier seas
The world does not need new bans or taxes on plastics. Rather, it needs people who work with plastic to take advantage of technological advances that make it safer for the environment.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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