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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 26, 2021
'Willful ignorance': Flood-hit Australia urged to rethink climate inaction
Currently battling its worst floods in more than half a century, the country has failed to adapt fast enough to growing threats while climate change has become 'a partisan political issue.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2021
BOJ's Kuroda urges central banks to take 'forward-looking' steps on climate risks
Kuroda said there were various challenges in managing climate-related financial risks, such as the difficulty of setting scenarios for stress tests and a lack of data.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 22, 2021
Whale sightings aid quest to protect wildlife in Indian Ocean oasis
Scientists are on a quest to document whales and other marine mammals living around the Mascarene Plateau, hoping to bolster arguments for protecting the remote underwater ridge.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 21, 2021
China and U.S. to work on climate, Beijing says after rancorous meeting
Beijing and Washington will set up a joint working group on the issue, in a potentially positive takeaway from the high-level meeting.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2021
Turning the tide on two centuries of emissions
Climate and energy plans presented in China's 14th Five Year Plan this month represent the most important policies in determining the fate of the planet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 19, 2021
Biden’s solar dreams collide with outrage over China’s ‘genocide’
Factories in Xinjiang, home to the oppressed Uyghur minority, produce half the global supply of polysilicon, a metal critical for the panels that turn sunlight into electricity.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2021
What countries will fight over when green energy dominates
Some experts predict that the end of an era defined by uneven access to fossil fuel deposits will produce a security dividend, similar to the one after the end of the Cold War.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2021
Carbon emissions from trawler fishing on a par with aviation
Bottom trawling, a fishing method that involves dragging heavy nets across the ocean floor, produces 1 gigaton of carbon emissions on average each year, a study has found.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 13, 2021
'Climate ninjas' overlooked as little finance reaches women
Officials, climate and gender experts, and activists say not enough climate finance is going to the work of women and other individuals taking action on the ground.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 11, 2021
Islands, rocks and tuna: Pacific nations draw new battle lines against rising seas
As global warming pushes waters higher, nations fear their islands could be swamped, shrinking their EEZs and rights to fishing and mining within their boundaries.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 9, 2021
Global warming’s deadly combination: Heat and humidity
The combination of heat and high humidity has already reached dangerous levels in parts of the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / Remembering 3/11
Mar 8, 2021
To secure a green future, Japan must reckon with its nuclear past
The government panel shaping the nation's energy future sees the restart of almost every reactor halted after meltdowns in 2011 as necessary to meet climate goals.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 6, 2021
China’s new green target still means pumping too much pollution
China's first road map to achieving net zero emissions by 2060 may be too slow to stop the world's biggest polluter from hastening global warming.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 6, 2021
China gives nuclear power a fresh push in the drive to go green
China is offering new backing for the development of nuclear power as a key tool in its drive to cut carbon emissions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2021
Fukushima plant owner says nuclear power needed to hit green goal
Tepco chief says nuclear energy is indispensable for the company to curb CO2 emissions 50% by fiscal 2030 from 2013 levels as boosting capacity of renewables takes time.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 5, 2021
Famed climate scientist reverses course on Atlantic weather after 20 years
The newest climate models can no longer find evidence of a temperature flip in the Atlantic every few decades, suggesting the phenomenon was caused by something else.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2021
Climate extremes seen harming unborn babies in Brazil's Amazon
A new study that links extreme rains with lower birth weights in Brazil's Amazon region underscores the long-term health impacts of weather extremes connected to climate change, researchers said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 2, 2021
China expected to favor green tech over coal in new five-year plan
China is today the world's largest emitter of planet-heating gases, responsible for about 28% of total global emissions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 2, 2021
Japanese steel giant shifts to recycled metal in green race
Taking steps toward decarbonization is one of the pillars of Nippon Steel's mid-term business plan starting April, the firm said.
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.
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
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.
Wholesalers may be behind elevated retail rice prices
Wholesalers added ¥7,593 on average to their selling prices for stockpiled rice, far more than the ¥2,206 to ¥4,689 added for the 2022 rice.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
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.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.

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