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Tetsuji Ida
For Tetsuji Ida's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2015
Japanese award honors French anthropologist's study of Amazonian people
Anthropologist Philippe Descola has won the 2014 International Cosmos Prize, a Japanese award, for his study of the isolated Jivaroan Achuar people of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Their lives had previously been unknown to the wider world.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Oct 30, 2014
Congolese conservationist says Japan can help reduce deforestation, poaching
Congolese conservationist Jerome Mokoko believes Japan would be able help protect his nation's forests and fauna if only the public would show a greater interest in understanding where ivory and hardwood come from.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2014
Eel researcher writes children's book about a species facing extinction
A 35-year-old researcher who fears the Japanese eel may soon be extinct has produced a picture book to get children to see them not just as food but as a threatened species.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2014
Researcher aims to bust myth of Japan's 'whale-eating' culture
It is a cliche and it is far from reality: Japanese diners chomping on whale meat over sake.
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 18, 2014
Iriomote wildcat activist continues dad's work
It was by no means love at first sight for Kumi Togawa, 62, a wildlife activist who is trying to save the Iriomote wildcat.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2014
Entrepreneur urges mindset change
A U.S.-based entrepreneur who became the first Japanese invited to a U.S. presidential State of the Union address has said that Japan must shake off its "stagnation" by fostering innovation and ditching outdated ideas.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2014
Farmer's Tepco grudge runs deep
A 70-year-old man who after retiring took up farming in a village in Fukushima Prefecture is in no mood to forgive Tokyo Electric Power Co. for the damage caused by the disaster at the nearby Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2013
Alpinist-photog Noguchi focuses on life, death
Ken Noguchi, a prominent alpinist and camera enthusiast, recently published a photo book with the theme of life and death, encompassing journeys to mountaintops and areas of the Tohoku region devastated by the March 2011 tsunami.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2013
Tokyo's emissions crusader spills beans
Teruyuki Ohno has spearheaded Tokyo's fight against global warming for more than a decade.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 9, 2013
Scientist illuminates worth of traditional societies today
Modern societies may have developed powerful political governments and more advanced technologies, but at the same time valuable wisdom and lessons accumulated through human history often become a forgotten past.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2013
Antipoverty activist tries to keep '15 goals alive
As executive director of an umbrella alliance of civic groups trying to fight poverty in developing countries, Masaki Inaba is actively engaged in policy recommendations and a public awareness campaign, with the goal of a poverty-free world.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2010
Researchers study products' 'water footprints'
It takes about 10 liters of water to produce a bottle of beer, while about 65 cu. meters of water is needed to manufacture an automobile.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2010
Asphalt jungle Marunouchi to try going green
Naka Inoue went to work for the environmental strategy center of Mitsubishi Estate Co. about three years ago without knowing anything about ecology.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2009
Japan faces pressure to stop importing polar bear products
Japan is considered the world's No. 1 importer of polar bear products, with items such as furs and rugs widely sold on the Internet.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2008
WWF targets salmon poaching off Russia
The World Wide Fund for Nature has launched a campaign to ask governments and companies to reinforce measures against the poaching of salmon in the Russian Far East.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2008
Emissions on rise but bold vision for next climate pact eludes
This year marks the beginning of the target period under the Kyoto Protocol in which major industrial powers are required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through 2012.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2007
Global eel population slip-sliding away
Japan, Europe, the United States and Canada are experiencing a sharp decline in eel populations due chiefly to overfishing, pollution and destruction of habitats because of river projects.
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2006
Energy-saving light bulbs promoted in Vietnam
Vietnam's economy has been growing at such a fast pace over the past five years that there are concerns the nation is using too much energy.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2006
U.N. University to fight illicit wildlife trade
United Nations University in Tokyo is developing an information system aimed at collecting reports on poaching and illegal wildlife trade in Asia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2006
Hokkaido scientist to join 10-year global Census of Marine Life study
Hiroshi Ueda of Hokkaido University will take part in an international research project put together by a group of North American and European scientists to clarify the behavior and ecology of small and large marine creatures, including whales.

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