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Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 30, 2015

Smog chokes Chinese, Indian capitals as climate talks begin

The capitals of the world's two most populous nations, China and India, were blanketed in hazardous, choking smog Monday as climate change talks began in Paris, where leaders of both countries are among the participants.
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BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2015

Japan's plans to fuel world's cleanest cars hitting road block

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has big plans for Japan to lead the way in clean cars. His bureaucrats are getting in the way.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 30, 2015

Stress test to join annual health checks as mental problems rise in corporate Japan

In light of the nationwide rise in mental health problems, the Industrial Safety and Health Law was revised last year to oblige companies to offer annual "stress checks" to employees starting Tuesday.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 30, 2015

Climate action plans of world's 48 poorest nations to cost $1 trillion

The world's 48 poorest countries will need to find around $1 trillion between 2020 and 2030 to achieve their plans to tackle climate change — and those plans should be a priority for international funding, researchers said.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 30, 2015

China moves from climate deal holdout to driving force behind slashed emissions

Back in 2009, China was a reluctant partner during major climate negotiations in Copenhagen that eventually collapsed amid recriminations between rich and poor nations. This time around the world's biggest polluter is regarded as a driving force behind what could be a comprehensive deal at a world climate...
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BUSINESS / LEXUS: AMAZING IN MOTION
Nov 30, 2015

Innovation fuels driving excitement

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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2015

Rethink the war on terror

Doing the same things over and over in the war on terror will only produce the same result: failure.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 29, 2015

Anonymous hacker group targets Iceland sites in whaling protest

Activist hackers from the Anonymous collective have claimed responsibility for bringing down five government websites in Iceland in a protest against whale-hunting by the North Atlantic nation.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2015

Suspect in Colorado clinic shooting had past brushes with the law

The 57-year-old man with a bushy white beard who is suspected of killing three people in a shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado has a history of brushes with the law, including a "peeping Tom" complaint in his home state of South Carolina.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 28, 2015

Is Tokyo killing the rest of Japan?

The overconcentration of people and resources in the capital could be holding back the remainder of the country.
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 28, 2015

Asia mostly backsliding on democratic values

In Japan, lawyers are fortunately not arrested by the state for doing their job, as they are in China. Nor are academics faced with indictment for challenging mainstream history narratives, as in South Korea.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2015

Climate — the new danger to our well-being

The world needs much stronger emission cuts than whatever comes out of the upcoming Paris talks on climate change.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2015

Japan pledges ¥1.3 trillion yearly to developing nations by 2020 ahead of Paris climate talks

In a bid to fight global warming, Japan promises to boost its assistance for developing nations to u00a51.3 trillion a year by 2020.
WORLD
Nov 26, 2015

Australia's bushfires leave trail of death and destruction

Fourteen bushfires burning across southern Australia have killed two people and thousands of animals, and destroyed 16 homes, and authorities on Thursday said they feared the toll could rise.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 26, 2015

Rise of carbon emissions almost stalled in 2014, study shows

A rise in world carbon dioxide emissions almost stalled last year for the first time in almost two decades without a recession, in a promising step toward cleaner economic growth, a study showed on Wednesday.
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CULTURE / Film
Nov 25, 2015

Mark Osborne's 'Little Prince' adaptation keeps it in the family

A cinematic adaptation of "The Little Prince," Antoine de Saint-Exupery's beloved 1943 novella, is a risky proposition. There have been adaptations before, including the live-action version directed by Stanley Donen in 1974, but none have really captured the magic of the original book, or have done justice...
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Nov 25, 2015

In an age of global terrorism, what should we tell the children?

As parents, should we shelter and protect our children from the horrors of terrorism, or does that promote the very ignorance it thrives on?
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WORLD / Society
Nov 25, 2015

Ban blasts Balkan border curbs, 'profiling' of refugees; Greece arrivals ebb

The United Nations on Tuesday condemned new restrictions on refugees that have left around 1,000 migrants stuck at the main border crossing into Macedonia from Greece, denied entry due to their nationalities in violation of international law.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 24, 2015

Asia's $89 billion sexism issue

Japan is one of the worst offenders when it comes to sexism. Shinzo Abe needs to prove 'womenomics' is more than tokenism.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2015

How China can prevent the antibiotic apocalypse

China's millions of farmers are notorious for pumping their livestock full of antibiotics, a practice that is fueling the rise of bacteria resistant to some of the world's most powerful 'last resort' antibiotics.
WORLD
Nov 24, 2015

Weather disasters occur almost daily, becoming more frequent, U.N. report says

Weather-related disasters such as floods and heat waves have occurred almost daily in the past decade, almost twice as often as two decades ago, with Asia being the hardest hit region, a U.N. report said Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 23, 2015

Britain's Prince Charles: climate change root cause of Syrian war

Britain's Prince Charles has pointed to the world's failure to tackle climate change as a root cause of the civil war in Syria, terrorism and the consequent refugee crisis engulfing Europe.
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JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 23, 2015

Toyohashi embarks on 'rubbish' project to achieve biomass power goals

The Aichi Prefecture city of Toyohashi, with a population of 380,000, is set to embark on a unique and challenging project in fiscal 2017 of collecting biodegradable waste from households and companies for a combined biomass power generation facility.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2015

For the sake of Earth, let fossil fuels rest in peace

The fossil-fuel industry's success in safeguarding its own interests has come at the expense of the health of our planet and its people.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 21, 2015

The Hiroshima art triangle: a space to get lost in thought

'It's Tokyo minus the stress." That's how one Japanese colleague described Hiroshima to us shortly after my wife, Angeles, and I arrived here, near the end of the last millennium. So, what's its secret? Well, there's its size for a start. And having six rivers flowing through it certainly helps. But,...
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 21, 2015

There's no time like the Christmas present

It may not be a traditional custom in Japan, but Christmas gift-giving is always played up by shopping malls here. If you're finding it all a bit overwhelming but still looking for something special, our writers are here to help with a few ideas that they think will make perfect gifts for your friends,...
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2015

Keidanren flips again on recruitment drive

The outcry over Japan's annual student recruitment drive takes another twist as Keidanren makes a second change to the starting date, shifting to June instead of August.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 19, 2015

AI robot touted as future English-learning tool for Japanese kids

Japan has long been criticized for its low level of English, but children could soon become more proficient in the language just by chit-chatting with an artificially intelligent robot.
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Random stabbing cases in Japan raise fears: Could the next victim be me?
Police officers stand guard on May 7 outside Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a random stabbing that injured a University of Tokyo student.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Police arrest Chinese man in Saitama hit-and-run case
Police questioned a man who turned himself in as he closely resembled the driver recorded on the dashcam of another vehicle that happened to pass by the scene of a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture.
Princess Aiko arrives in Ishikawa to visit quake-hit areas
Princess Aiko is greeted by Ishikawa Gov. Hiroshi Hase (left) at the Kanazawa Station on Sunday.
Agnes b. Japan CEO hopes to evolve the brand with focus on sustainability
Laurent Patouillet, the CEO and president of Agnes b. Japan, says the focus of its business is to remain independent, and evolve and adapt.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
By Alex K.T. Martin

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