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Todd Gillespie
For Todd Gillespie's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2022
Germany to boost reliance on coal as energy security trumps climate goals
Europe's largest economy is burning the fossil fuel for electricity at the fastest pace in at least six years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2022
Lack of scrutiny on 'green' bonds offering firms cheap finance while derailing climate action
That firms set their own objectives to evade interest penalties incentivizes them to aim low, as so-called greenwashing enters a $22 trillion corporate bond market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2022
Europe’s Russia coal ban foreshadows higher global energy prices
Prices are already soaring in a market that has been tight for months. European coal jumped 14% to a three-week high after news of the proposed ban.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 27, 2022
Gazprom arm risks rattling energy markets from U.K. to Singapore
Gazprom Marketing & Trading is facing liquidity problems as banks delay its transactions and peers refuse to deal with it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2021
Contentious climate debate: Should rich nations pay for damage done to poorer countries?
Developing nations contribute the least to climate change but they are the most affected, leading some to discuss whether or not developed nations should take responsibility for the damage.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 21, 2021
COVID-19 counting enters new era as threat shifts away from cases
With rich countries vaccinating growing proportions of their vulnerable populations, the link between infection numbers and deaths appears to be diminishing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 15, 2021
Novavax COVID-19 shot highly effective against variants in trial
The company plans to apply for regulatory clearance globally, with much of the first available doses going to low- and middle-income countries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 2, 2021
Indian diaspora struggles to help homeland ‘gasping for air’
The diaspora is collecting funds, lobbying governments in countries where they reside and making pledges to shuttle essential supplies and equipment.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2021
AstraZeneca clot worries complicate bid to vaccinate the world
Reviews by U.K. and European Union regulators finding potential links to the unusual side effects are another blow for the shot.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2021
Debt engineers tackle climate change with bonds to rewild land
For green finance enthusiasts, a new flavor of debt could emerge this year — nature bonds.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 24, 2020
East Africa’s electric motorbikes are fueling a carbon-free future
The momentum on the continent is particularly strong in East Africa, where big money is flowing into growing and stabilizing the electricity grid.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Oct 22, 2020
How Europe’s small businesses are fighting climate change
Smaller companies often don't have the resources to develop sophisticated climate plans but now, slowly, organizations are stepping in to help.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
Philippines wants U.S. and Japan to take over rail deal eyed by China
Delfin Lorenzana
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
At least one dead, seven missing after two MSDF helicopters crash off Izu Islands
Contact was lost with the two SH-60K helicopters, each carrying four crew, in an area east of Torishima in the Izu Island chain during anti-submarine warfare training Saturday night.
Tokyo Rainbow Pride lights up capital as organizers celebrate 30 years
Rainbow flags were flown through the capital's busy Shibuya and Harajuku areas for Tokyo Rainbow Pride events this weekend as organizers hailed 30 years of one of Asia's largest LGBTQ celebrations.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Vol. 34: Tokyo, a vanguard city for sustainability
Vol. 34: Tokyo, a vanguard city for sustainability

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