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Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 26, 2021
World 'way off track' in halting warming as greenhouse gas levels hit record
Carbon dioxide levels in 2020 rose more than the average rate over the last decade despite a temporary dip in emissions during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 25, 2021
Xi takes veiled swipe at U.S. as China marks 50 years at U.N.
Chinese President Xi Jinping took a veiled swipe at U.S. leadership in a speech marking Beijing’s 50th anniversary as a member of the United Nations, comments that come as Washington moves toward helping Taiwan play a bigger role in international forums.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 23, 2021
Deal struck on $100 billion climate aid plan for poor nations
The spending plan is being closely watched as a signal of the commitment of wealthy nations whose greenhouse gas emissions are most responsible for fueling climate change.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 22, 2021
Nations are lining up at the U.N. to criticize China on Xinjiang
The rebuke was joined this year for the first time by countries including Turkey, Eswatini and Liberia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 8, 2021
Superpower rivalry and vaccine envy set stage for climate talks
U.S.-China tensions loom over COP26, as does the inequality between rich and poor countries in both COVID-19 response and climate finance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 3, 2021
North Korea accuses U.N. of double standards over missile tests, warns of consequences
The United Nations Security Council met behind closed doors Friday upon requests from the United States and other countries over the North's recent spate of weapons tests.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2021
How to address the Asia-Pacific’s biodiversity crisis and encourage nature-positive growth
The threat of climate change is especially acute in the Asia-Pacific, which lies at the heart of the global biodiversity crisis and is home to two-thirds of the world's population.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 24, 2021
'Death sentence': Low-lying nations implore faster action on climate at U.N.
Faced with what they see as an existential threat, leaders from low-lying nations implored rich countries this week to act more forcefully against a warming planet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2021
In climate pledge, Xi says China will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad
Xi provided no details, but depending on how the policy is implemented, the move could significantly limit the financing of coal plants in the developing world.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2021
Biden’s vaccine booster and export plans collide at summit
The U.S. plan for boosters has angered nations where many people are still struggling to obtain a first shot.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 21, 2021
BTS took center stage at the U.N. Over 1 million fans watched live.
The K-pop group promoted the coronavirus vaccine and lauded young people for their resiliency during a nearly seven-minute speech at the U.N. headquarters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2021
Vaccine debate and climate goals top a scaled-back U.N. summit
The U.N. wants diplomats to have the face-to-face time they need to address crisis issues, but they don't want to be remembered for hosting a superspreader event.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 17, 2021
Glasgow's COP26 climate summit at risk of failure, warns U.N. chief Antonio Guterres
Global warming threatens to exceed key thresholds as mistrust persists between developed and developing countries and the goals of some emerging economies fall short.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 9, 2021
United Nations’ computers breached by hackers earlier this year
The reconnaissance carried out by the hackers may enable them to conduct future hacks or to sell the information to other groups that may seek to breach the U.N.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 29, 2021
Macron says France and Britain to propose Kabul safe zone to U.N.
France and Britain will submit a Kabul safe-zone resolution to a U.N. meeting Monday in a bid to protect people trying to leave Afghanistan.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 23, 2021
Climate science struggles with 'blind spots' in developing nations
The IPCC report relies primarily on lead authors and research from Europe, North America and Oceania, making its findings less relevant to developing nations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 18, 2021
Haiti quake survivors cry for help as death toll nears 2,000
Political turmoil, quake-damaged hospitals, gangs and a tropical storm all conspire to hinder relief efforts.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 11, 2021
To save the planet, focus on cutting methane, U.N. climate report says
Countries must make 'strong, rapid and sustained reductions' in methane emissions in addition to slashing carbon dioxide emissions, the report said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2021
Bleak future feared for Asia's vulnerable poor after landmark climate report
Home to about 60% of the world's population, the region has borne the brunt of climate disasters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 11, 2021
Climate change report exposes fault lines within fossil fuel industry
Responses range from the defensive to calling on governments to take the lead on a transition to a future of cleaner energy.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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