Tag - natural-resources

 
 

NATURAL RESOURCES

Pump jacks in an oil field in Midland, Texas. Big Oil is responsible for the bulk of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions and pressure for action is building.
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2023
Exxon Mobil's megadeal to test climate-aware shareholders
Negotiations between Exxon and Pioneer are advanced but have not yet led to an agreement over the acquisition.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 8, 2019
What the world can learn from Japan
Islandology is spreading globally as other nations recognize the world is a single closed ecosystem.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHARITY DRIVE 2015
Dec 3, 2015
Japan-based aid group sets up fish, timber projects in rural Laos
Despite enjoying robust economic growth, Laos continues to face challenges in development, particularly in rural areas.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2015
Japan tops China as world's biggest lender for coal, study says
Japan and China lent more than $35 billion to finance coal power in the eight years through the end of 2014, according to environmental groups in a study that urged countries to stop supporting the fuel.
JAPAN / Politics
May 30, 2015
Japan to cooperate with Africa in natural resource development
Ministers from Japan and 16 African countries agreed Saturday to enhance cooperation in developing natural resources while addressing issues that have prevented foreign investment in the fast-growing continent.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2015
The battle for the Arctic's resources heats up
At least three countries have staked overlapping territorial claims to the North Pole. How to assess the competing claims seems to hinge on whether a vast ridge that rises from the sea floor is an extension of the Greenland shelf or the East Siberia shelf.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2014
Japan, three ASEAN nations to survey Strait of Malacca
Japan and three Southeast Asian nations will jointly survey the Strait of Malacca for hazards to shipping next year.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2014
Japan, Colombia to cooperate on natural resource development
Japanese and Colombian leaders are expected to agree Tuesday that the countries will cooperate in promoting Japanese investment in developing the Latin American country's natural resources, a Japanese delegation source said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Jun 9, 2014
Algae underfunded in energy hunt
Could algae power your car? In the search for new energy sources, scientists are turning the green goo into oil.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2013
Resource issues threaten Asia's continued rise
Asia's re-emergence on the global stage after a two-century decline is accompanied by an insatiable appetite for natural resources that it doesn't have.

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