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CLIMATE CHANGE

BUSINESS
Dec 31, 2020
Japan's climate plan: Big on ambition but small in scope
Despite Suga's pledge, questions remain concerning the country's willingness to overhaul the world's third-largest economy, slash harmful greenhouse gas emissions and curtail global warming.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Dec 27, 2020
How might COVID-19 change the world?
No country will be safe from COVID-19 until all are. It's a global problem demanding a global solution.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2020
Hydro-hegemony: Will China turn off Asia’s tap?
As long as the Communist Party of China remains in power, the country will most likely continue to wage stealthy water wars that no one can win.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2020
Taiwan may face fewer typhoons, but harsher droughts, as planet warms
The island, which has historically seen three or four typhoons a year, saw not a single storm in 2020.
BUSINESS
Dec 25, 2020
Japan lays out plan to steer economy away from carbon by 2050
The home of the world's third-largest economy is also the world's fifth largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2020
China’s green gambit and climate change
In President Xi's view, China may be able to use the promise to cooperate on climate change as a source of leverage with which to thwart Joe Biden's containment strategy
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
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2020
‘The whole city was dark’: China rations electricity for millions
The drastic measures point to potential longer-term problems in China's energy universe, as leaders juggle competing priorities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2020
China’s online shopping addiction is killing its green packaging drive
Greenpeace estimates that China's Singles' Day generated 52,400 metric tons of carbon dioxide from manufacturing, packaging and shipping in 2017.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 20, 2020
The real trees behind fake corporate climate progress
Carbon offsets — an increasingly popular tool used by thousands of companies to declare improved environmental performances — sometimes fall short of big claims.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 20, 2020
Biden calls climate change ‘existential threat of our time’
Biden on Saturday introduced key members of the team he is assembling to fulfill his pledge to combat climate change.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2020
While we're waiting for electric cars to fully charge, how about hybrids?
Investors have run up the stock prices of electric car companies and their valuations far higher than the businesses really warrant.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 18, 2020
A 10 billion-tree plan is restoring Pakistan’s lost forests
Pakistan's arid climate and rocky deserts may seem like an unlikely place to look for a green revolution, but the nation has begun one of the world's largest reforestation programs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2020
Should we let algorithms make life-and-death decisions?
Nature does not optimize; it co-evolves. It performs much better than human society in terms of sustainability and circular supply networks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2020
How China's coal industry is fighting to survive in a greener world
Before long, an uncomfortable truth could push to the forefront: China's national target of reaching net-zero emissions might not be compatible with another generation of coal.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 14, 2020
Lofty climate goals get reality check at global summit
At the Climate Ambition Summit, one country after another failed to raise the bar, as leaders offered only incremental steps.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2020
Longest Arctic sailing season tops off a year of climate disasters
Thinning ice in the Arctic Ocean made this year's navigation season for tankers the longest on record, a sign that the pace of climate change is accelerating in the northernmost latitudes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 12, 2020
For Biden’s economic team, an early focus on climate
One issue that could distinguish Biden's core economic team from its predecessors? Climate change.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 11, 2020
China’s global climate boost
China is thus arguably the modern era's first “hybrid” superpower: a global leader that does not yet have a fully advanced economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2020
Can Japan shift gears fast enough to ban gas cars by 2035?
By the middle of the next decade, cars that run on gasoline may be as common at dealerships as VCRs are at electronic shops today thanks to an ambitious policy under consideration by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's administration to buttress its decarbonization efforts.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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