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OUR PLANET EARTH

Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jun 23, 2013
Jellyfish carry the sting of human overcrowding
It may not be immediately apparent what jellyfish, human population growth and our protein diet have in common. Take a closer look, though, and all three offer warning signs that dramatic changes are on the horizon for us and our planet.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
May 26, 2013
Mr. Abe: Bag the nukes and heed the Keeling Curve
Dear Prime Minister Abe,
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Apr 28, 2013
African elephants pluck at Japan's heartstrings
Next time you attend a shamisen performance, neither you nor most anyone else there will likely notice the elephant in the room. And those who do probably won't have given it much thought.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 24, 2013
Be inspired: One person can help foster sustainable lives for millions
Last month, this column introduced Bangkok-based Midori Paxton, who is currently a regional technical adviser for biodiversity and ecosystems with the United Nations Development Programme — and who, I'm delighted to say, was a model student of mine here in Japan more than 20 years ago.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Feb 24, 2013
One former student's inspiring path to success
Seeing fewer years ahead and more behind me as a teacher, I often think back over the students who have passed through my classrooms and wonder how many will truly make a difference in the world.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jan 26, 2013
Take a deep breath of everyone else's air and pollution
Perhaps it was due to the fever of impending flu, or the arctic winds rattling our Tokyo home, but recent media photos of Beijing's thick smog suddenly brought to mind thoughts of the late U.S. president, John F. Kennedy.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Dec 23, 2012
How to care for the children when we're at odds with the planet?
Perhaps this column should begin with a disclaimer like those found on CDs and DVDs that are intended to help protect kids from obscenity — Parental Advisory: Explicit Content.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Nov 25, 2012
Canadian scientist uses math to green Japanese baseball
Richard Hoshino is a tall, slim mathematician, as tightly wound as a precision timepiece, and irrepressibly polite and cheerful. He also has a hard time taking "no" for an answer.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Oct 28, 2012
'Fresh Currents' charts the way to, and from, Fukushima
This month's column is about a book that is very much more than just a book: It is a work of art, a labor of love and a realizable dream of a better future for Japan. But I'm getting ahead of myself ...
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Sep 23, 2012
Japan's nuclear phaseout: Is it all smoke and mirrors?
On Sept. 14, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's administration announced that Japan would end nuclear-power generation by 2040. Five days later his Cabinet failed to endorse the new policy; but on the same day, Sept. 19, Trade Minister Yukio Edano insisted that the government would still act "based on" the plan.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Aug 26, 2012
If we ruin the air, what will our children breathe?
Watching the sun set into the Pacific Ocean from a hotel tucked in among the dry scrub hills of San Diego, I have a chance to reflect on life here in Southern California, on climate changes and on what's in store for future generations.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jul 22, 2012
Is Rio+20 the way the world ends — with a whimper?
Last month, more than 45,000 people descended on Rio de Janeiro for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jun 24, 2012
There's none so blind as those who deny they cannot see
Buddhism teaches that all human suffering is rooted in greed, anger and ignorance. Whether true or not, it is clear that related human failings are compromising our planet: our material greed, our ignorance of natural systems, and most of all, our dogged denial.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
May 27, 2012
Japan has a role to play in environment and rights issues in Belize
"The United Nations' largest-ever conference, billed as a historic opportunity to create a greener future, appears to be going up in smoke."
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Apr 22, 2012
It takes a forest, a field and a stream to raise a child
In 1996, back when the present U.S. Secretary of State was the first lady, Hillary Rodham-Clinton published a book titled "It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us," which popularized an old African proverb — "It takes a village to raise a child."
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 25, 2012
A woman of wisdom among the energy mandarins
Ask me who should facilitate Japan's energy dialogue and the choice is easy: Junko Edahiro.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Feb 26, 2012
Gloom, doom — and Lester Brown's 'Plan B'
Anyone who has read any of the 50-plus books that Lester Brown has authored or co-authored (in any of the 40-odd languages into which they've been translated) might easily imagine him to be another gloomy environmentalist.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jan 22, 2012
Changing self and systems for a leaner and greener Japan
Year in, year out, it never ceases to amaze me what a difference a day makes.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Dec 25, 2011
Time for Japan to realize it really is the canary in the mine
This Christmas Day column is a book review, but it is also a wish and a prayer.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Nov 27, 2011
Demand change: an open letter to Japan's rising generations
If you're like my 17-year-old, then you probably already know just about everything there is to know, and reading this column you'll likely just say: "Yeah, right, whatever," or "So?"
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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