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POLLUTION

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 28, 2014
New CO₂ capture tech to aid climate
A little-known technology that may be able to take the equivalent of China's greenhouse gas emissions out of the carbon cycle could be the radical policy shift needed to slow climate change this century, a draft U.N. report shows.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Mar 27, 2014
Indonesian forest fires feed air pollution across Asia
High above the vast Indonesian island of Sumatra, satellites identify hundreds of plumes of smoke drifting over the oil palm plantations and rain forests.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 17, 2014
U.S. military report suggests cover-up over toxic pollution in Okinawa
Perhaps the most serious concern raised in the internal U.S. military report is the fear that PCB contamination at Kadena — if made public — would prompt demands for widespread tests on other U.S. bases.
EDITORIALS
Mar 12, 2014
Reducing PM2.5 pollutants
Recent spikes in the concentration of so-called PM2.5 air pollutants over wide areas of Japan once again raise alarms over the potential health risks from the small particles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2014
Underwater gold rush spurs fears of ocean calamity
This is the last frontier: the ocean floor, 4,000 meters beneath the waters of the central Pacific, where mining companies are now exploring for the rich deposits of ores needed to keep industry humming and smartphones switched on.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2014
Fears widen over Kadena toxins
Just days after the commander of U.S. Kadena Air Base, near the city of Okinawa, promised parents their children's schools were safe from dioxin contamination, a further 50 chemical barrels have been unearthed from adjacent land and a retired U.S. Air Force major has come forward with claims the school...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2014
Kadena moms demand truth
Six months ago, dangerous levels of dioxin were discovered near two U.S. Department of Defense schools on Okinawa Island — but only now are many service members based there learning the full extent of the contamination.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2014
Changes in recognition of Minamata disease victims proposed
The Environment Ministry plans to propose changes to make it possible for people who suffer only from sensation disorders to be recognized as victims of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease, officials said Friday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 22, 2013
Ghana's electronic graveyard gives, takes
The orange flesh of a papaya is like an oval gash in the landscape at Agbogbloshie, Ghana's vast dumping site for electronic waste, where everything is smeared and stained with mucky hues of brown and sooty black.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 15, 2013
White House delayed rules before election
The White House systematically delayed enacting a series of rules on the environment, worker safety and health care to prevent them from becoming points of contention before the 2012 election, according to documents and interviews with current and former administration officials.
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2013
Cadmium poisoning redress eyed
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. intends to pay ¥600,000 in compensation to those it poisoned by cadmium in one of Japan's worst industrial disasters.
WORLD
Dec 13, 2013
China pilots to learn smog landings
Chinese aviation authorities will soon require captains of domestic flights into Beijing to master low-visibility landings to combat chronic flight delays that have been worsened by heavy smog.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2013
Pollution rife on Okinawa's U.S.-returned base land
When the last U.S. service members moved out of the Nishi-Futenma housing area at Camp Foster, in 2006, the land was slated to return to civilian use as part of ongoing attempts by Tokyo and Washington to reduce the military burden in Okinawa — host to more than 70 percent of American bases in...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2013
Tokyo air pollutant traced to Kyushu volcano, China link discounted
Volcanic gas carrying sulfur dioxide released from Mount Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture is partly responsible for spikes in the level of the air pollutant PM2.5 in the Kanto and Tokai regions, according to the government's Meteorological Research Institute.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 11, 2013
Okinawa: the junk heap of the Pacific
Over the past seven decades, Okinawa's sea, land and air have been contaminated with a cocktail of toxins by the U.S. military that have poisoned Okinawan civilians and U.S. troops alike.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2013
China must kick costly coal addiction
Thanks to extreme air pollution, foreign arrivals to China plunged by roughly 50 percent in the first three-quarters of the year. Beijing must kick its costly addiction to coal.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2013
Anxiety replacing confidence for many Chinese
Billionaires as well as the new middle class are hedging their bets on China. Some joke that the president's slogan of 'a Chinese dream' refers to getting your kids into an American university.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2013
In Britain, era of 'green Tory' withers
Prime Minister David Cameron once dog-sledded across a shrinking Norwegian glacier to showcase his concern for global warming. Now, environmentalists say, his pledge to lead a new era of the "green Conservative" is in danger of melting away.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 27, 2013
Atomic waste piles higher at U.S. plants
U.S. lawmakers have debated for decades where to put all the spent fuel generated by the nation's nuclear power plants. The dithering means that an unintended site has emerged: Illinois.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Oct 25, 2013
Space trash tax eyed
Space is getting awfully messy. The amount of debris in Earth's orbit keeps multiplying each year, damaging satellites and putting astronauts in harm's way. If the problem gets severe enough, it could eventually make low-Earth orbit unusable.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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