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OUR PLANET EARTH

ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
May 22, 2003
Corporate values ignore the bottom line
With all the scandals swirling around U.S. corporations, public respect for CEOs has plunged and, as a lawyer, I can empathize. Stories about sleazy lawyers chasing after ambulances still bring color to my cheeks, so I understand what it's like to work in a profession that is equated with sharks and...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
May 8, 2003
Shoppers' power coming to the aid of sustainable development
Few environmentalists or economists doubt that the G-7 must take an active role in promoting environmental protection and economic prosperity in the developing world. To date, however, though the G-7 nations -- the economic powers of the developed North -- have dispensed substantial aid to the developing...
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Apr 24, 2003
Feedback
Dear readers, as you rarely get the last word, this week's column aims to put that right. Two weeks ago, I wrote about the dangers of our society's addiction to oil, and noted that much of the world still believes the primary purpose of the U.S. invasion of Iraq was to dominate its oil supplies and establish...
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Apr 10, 2003
Addiction rages blindly on
Too bad the Iraq war is not just about oil. It would be much easier to fathom if it were.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 27, 2003
Fears over U.S. environmental ambush
Considering that the United States spends more for its military than any other nation on the planet, you might imagine the Pentagon taking a few extra steps to protect the environment -- but you'd be wrong.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 13, 2003
Water, water -- where?
These days the talk is all about oil, but wait a couple of decades and oil politics could be a quaint historical artifact.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Feb 27, 2003
Environment Bushwhack
U.S. Civil War General William Sherman is credited with uttering the sage words, "War is hell." War is hell on the environment as well, and U.S. President George W. Bush's "War on Terror" is no exception. Ironically, the environment being degraded is America's own.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Feb 13, 2003
Have we got the will to survive?
"State of the World 2003," this year's edition of a report published annually by the Worldwatch Institute, arrived in my mailbox several days before the shuttle tragedy, but it sat on my desk unopened until the morning of Columbia's fiery descent.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jan 23, 2003
Chips with everything makes for a hi-tech mess
If you think that your computer, being such a modern, hi-tech device, is -- or surely must be -- environmentally friendly, then think again.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jan 9, 2003
Emphasizing the positive
Perhaps more than any other individual today, Junko Edahiro is striving to share Japan's environmental successes with the world.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Dec 26, 2002
Thirty years of environmental progress, but . . .
Yet another year is tugging impatiently at the sleeve of closure and within days will be history.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Dec 12, 2002
A fresh approach
Ten years ago, at the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Severn Cullis-Suzuki got the chance to make the speech of her life.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Nov 28, 2002
From oil-dependent past to hydrogen future
Making a global transition from fossil fuels to clean hydrogen-energy systems seems like pure science fiction -- until you meet Amory Lovins.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Nov 14, 2002
Thinking outside the box on fuel
First of two parts Part professor, part engineer and part philosopher, Amory Lovins is perfectly suited for the role of alternative-energy guru. A Lovins presentation is a seamless tapestry of economics, physics and mechanical engineering, sprinkled with corny one-liners, startling insights and revealing...
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Oct 24, 2002
Getting up close and personal with global issues
While studying and researching in England several years ago, Eno Nakamura was surprised to find that Japanese and English children had strikingly different views of the future. That contrast convinced her of a critical need for Japanese schools to put more emphasis on "the future," and to get their students...
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Oct 10, 2002
Women are the key to conserving Mother Earth
Danielle Nierenberg may work in the shadow of the White House, but she is clearly more enlightened than the man who lives there. At the end of April, the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute released a policy brief written by Nierenberg, a staff researcher. The title of her paper is a succinct statement...
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Sep 26, 2002
Ozone hole? Soon it could be . . . 'what hole?'
Despite the international set-to over Iraq and caustic reviews for the recent U.N. Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, there is still some good news on cooperation and the environment.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Sep 12, 2002
Agreeing to disagree makes no sense at all
The deluge of posters, pamphlets and platitudes that roared out of Johannesburg during the 2002 Earth Summit has ended, though to no one's surprise this summit's conclusions were much the same as those of the first Earth Summit in Rio a decade ago.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Aug 22, 2002
Time to change, or find another planet
First of two parts Next week, tens of thousands of politicians, bureaucrats, activists and policy analysts will descend on Johannesburg, South Africa, for the largest conference in human history: the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Aug 8, 2002
UNEP envoy strikes the right eco-chord
Tokiko Kato has been popular in Japan for decades as a singer and songwriter who is passionate about people and the planet. Two years ago, when the Environment Ministry asked her to act as a Special Envoy to the United Nations Environment Program it was a natural fit. Since then she has established herself...
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
Why half of Japan's cities are at risk of disappearing in 100 years
A couple looks out onto the Fukuoka nightscape. Due to its distance from Tokyo and its close proximity to South Korea and China, professor Tomoya Mori believes that Fukuoka is one of the few metropolitan regions of Japan that will see some form of growth in the decades to come.
Japan concerned over U.S. officials' remarks on atomic bombings
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to reporters during a news conference in Washington on Thursday.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
The politicians moving Japan forward on climate
While not the most outspoken politician on the issue, digital minister Taro Kono has a track record of being serious in his commitment to addressing the climate crisis.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.

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