China’s fake snow frenzy for Beijing Olympics strains water supply
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Toyota to further curb production in Japan as COVID spreads
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World’s first hydrogen tanker to ship test cargo to Japan from Australia
MELBOURNE, Jan 21 (Reuters) – A Japanese-Australian firm producing hydrogen from lignite is set to…
Japan invests in Jamaica’s human security | News
No country can develop effectively without investing in its people and with the goal of…
Japan and France seek to deepen security ties amid China’s rise
TOKYO (AP) — The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and France spoke Thursday as…
Japan needs more than a carbon tax and a green fund to reach net zero
Japan needs more money to invest in innovative technologies to help it achieve its decarbonization…
Japan funds three projects for children
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Japan wants to allow SDS to provide emergency transport for foreign nationals
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Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions for fiscal year 2020 are lowest on record
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Chinese electric vehicles find a niche to make short-haul deliveries in Japan
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.]Logistics firms in Japan, scrambling…
Official: Japan Hopes to Lead Asian Push to Zero Emissions | Economic news
By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated PressTOKYO (AP) — Japan will phase out coal-fired power plants over…
Official: Japan hopes to lead Asia’s push to zero emissions
TOKYO (AP) — Japan will phase out coal-fired power plants over the next two decades…
Egypt discusses the possibility of issuing Egyptian bonds in Japan for the first time
CAIRO – January 17, 2022: Finance Minister Mohamed Maait discussed with Oka Hirochi, Japan’s…
2021 Pacific saury catch in Iwate prefecture in Japan. at record high amid national crisis
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Tonga volcano eruption triggers evacuation advisories and meter-high waves in Japan
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Editorial: Time to review Japan’s ‘adult-centric’ policies for children
The coronavirus crisis has placed a…
Ministries to support growing number of young carers in Japan
The Department of Social Care will support children caring for younger siblings or providing nursing…
Singapore and Japan pledge to work together to reduce emissions and drive innovation
SINGAPORE – Singapore and Japan struck a pact on Wednesday January 12 to further reduce…
China proposes cutting carbon quotas to help meet climate goals
Chinese regulators have proposed cutting carbon quotas as the government seeks to raise the cost…
Climate change is also a real public health emergency
Several UN reports on climate change have warned the world of the dramatic consequences that…
Japan wants to help Hry fight climate change | Chandigarh News
Chandigarh: Japan has expressed interest in sharing its environmental technology with Haryana and providing technical…
Japan wants to work with Haryana on climate change: The Tribune India
Chandigarh, December 26 Japan has shown keen interest in providing technical support and collaborating with…
Climate change in 2021: There is no turning back now
In a quarter of a century of UN climate conferences tasked with saving humanity from…
Launch of Vietnam-Japan Environment Week 2021 | Environment
The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding on low-carbon growth between Vietnam and Japan…
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Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions drop to record low in March 2021
Smoke is emitted from a factory in the Keihin Industrial Zone in Kawasaki, south of…
Japan has a checkered record on climate change
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Japanese AI ready to help achieve global climate goals by 2050
~~ ~ The Glasgow Climate Pact concluded at the end of the COP26 Climate Change…
Vietnam and Japan Hold Environmental Policy Dialogue | Environment
Illustrative image (Source: tapchitaichinh.vn) Tokyo (VNA) – Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran…
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Japan must boost climate transition finance to help businesses – ex-BOJ leader
Former Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Hiroshi Nakaso speaks during an interview with Reuters in…
Kishida puts Japan’s business interests at the forefront of climate policy – The Diplomat
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Japan, once a climate leader, under fire for using coal at COP26 | world news
By Aaron Sheldrick and Yuka ObayashiTOKYO (Reuters) – More than 20 countries agreed to phase…
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Japan, once a climate leader, under fire for using coal at COP26
The general view shows JERA’s Hekinan Thermal Power Plant in Hekinan, central Japan, October 18,…
Japan, the United States and the Philippines pledge to protect nature
GLASGOW, Scotland (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Dozens of nations pledged to do more to protect…
Climate change is a global health crisis in the making
LONDON – The threat posed by COVID-19 to human health is now well understood around…
Japan wins ‘fossil of the day’ award after Prime Minister Kishida pledges to keep coal power at COP26
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at…
Japan Receives Fossil of the Day Award at COP26 After Kishida’s Speech
Glasgow, Scotland – An international non-governmental organization working to reduce global warming awarded Japan the…
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Japan’s pledge brings climate finance goal closer to $100 billion, says US envoy
U.S. Presidential Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during the United Nations Climate Change…
Global efforts for a better future
For nearly three decades, the UN has worked to regularly bring together as many countries…
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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida makes arrangements to attend COP26 climate summit -Yomiuri
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida leaves a news conference at the Prime Minister’s official residence…
Japan OK plans to push clean energy and nuclear to reduce carbon
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Friday adopted a new energy policy that promotes nuclear and…
Will the “material of dreams” save us from climate change?
There’s been a whole slew of climate change news lately. Dr. Syukuro Manabe, whose work…
A turning point for Japan-US climate cooperation? – The Diplomat
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Japan counts on the Asian market to switch to green energy
TOKYO (AP) — Japan is focusing on its Asian neighbors as it hopes to play…
The road to the COP26 climate summit is paved with uncertainty
With the COP26 climate summit a month away, world leaders are under unprecedented pressure to…
India and Japan discuss climate change and green hydrogen in high-level political dialogue on environment
]India and Japan can explore enhanced bilateral cooperation in areas such as resource efficiency, low-carbon…
Japan proposes mandatory climate risk disclosures
The FSA will replace the ‘comply or explain’ model to help tackle climate change and…
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Japan and Russia to cooperate on hydrogen and ammonia to fight climate change
A general view of the liquefied natural gas plant operated by Sakhalin Energy in Prigorodnoye…
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Japan to promote green finance with common platform and scenario analysis
A man wearing a protective mask walks past the Bank of Japan headquarters amid the…
Kerry visits Japan to try to reduce emissions
John Kerry, President BidenJapan’s special climate envoy traveled to Japan on Tuesday to meet with…
US climate envoy to Japan to step up emissions reduction efforts
US climate envoy John Kerry met with Japan’s top diplomat on Tuesday to push forward…
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US climate envoy Kerry travels to Japan and China for emissions talks
TOKYO, Aug 31 (Reuters) – U.S. climate envoy John Kerry held talks in Tokyo on…
Kerry in Japan to discuss emissions reduction efforts
Kerry arrived in Japan on Monday and will fly to China on Tuesday evening for…
US climate envoy John Kerry plans visit to Japan
Washington- US climate envoy John Kerry is making arrangements to travel to Japan for the…
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Japan to launch indicator combining GDP and carbon reduction efforts – Nikkei
Smoke rises from a factory in front of Mount Fuji at sunset at the Keihin…
Japan set to raise ambition for 2030 climate target
Japan’s government proposes to cut emissions by 45% below 2013 levels by 2030, as campaigners…
The permafrost environment in the Daisetsu Mountains of Japan is expected to decrease significantly
Areas where the ground temperature remains below 0°C for more than two years are called…
Alumni set up environmentally-focused summer school for young people in Japan
Kota Uno ’16 and Kotaro Aoki ’16 are co-hosting a summer school program in Fukushima,…
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Japan’s new defense white paper issues warnings about Taiwan’s security and climate change
MELBOURNE, Australia — In a first, Japan’s annual defense white paper explicitly cited Taiwan’s stability…
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MUFG board pushes back on climate resolution as activists falter in Japan
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Japanese insurers struggle to accurately determine climate change cost estimates
Police search a flooded area following Typhoon Hagibis, which caused severe flooding in the Chikuma…
Climate change in the spotlight at shareholder meetings
Climate change has become a major theme at shareholder meetings of many Japanese companies being…
Factbox: The Bank of Japan’s new program and approach to climate change
TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan surprised markets on Friday when it…
Japan’s finance ministry ignores climate risk, ex-official says
Japan’s most powerful government ministry does not have one of the world’s biggest problems on…
Can the US-Japan Climate Partnership Lead Asia’s Decarbonization?
Author: Satoshi Kurokawa, Waseda UniversityAt U.S.-Japan Leaders Summit on April 16, US President Joe Biden…
Japan raises emissions reduction target to 46% by 2030
Japan’s prime minister announced an ambitious new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, hours before…
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Japan pledges to further cut emissions as Biden hosts climate summit
Factories are seen near Tokyo. REUTERS/StringerJoin now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterTOKYO, April 22…
US and Japan must lead climate cooperation – The Diplomat
AdvertisementOn April 22 and 23, US President Joe Biden will host dozens of world leaders…
Japanese Ministry of Education’s social media teacher recruitment campaign lambasted…by teachers
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Fukushima nuclear disaster haunts climate change debate in Japan
Ryota Takakura was working at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2011,…
Nuclear is crucial for Japan to meet its climate goals, says IEA : Energy & Environment
March 04, 2021 Ten years after the March 2011 earthquake and subsequent accident at the…
Growing indifference to educational inequality in Japan
In the past, many Japanese believed in the ideal that all children deserved equal access…
Former Japanese Environment Minister to Deliver Keynote Speech at ATMO Japan 2021
Tamayo Marukawa, a current member of Japan’s parliament, is expected to join the online event…
Japan’s new leader sets target to be carbon neutral by 2050
TOKYO — Japan will be carbon neutral by 2050, its prime minister said Monday, pledging…
With a goal of zero emissions, the Japanese climate conference will bring together young people and leaders
The government plans to hold a conference in December involving young people as well as…
Japanese lawmakers declare climate emergency after government sets zero emissions target
By Linda Sieg, Aaron SheldrickTOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese lawmakers declared a climate emergency on Thursday…
The Fukushima nuclear disaster put Japan’s climate policy in a decade-long purgatory
“Even the Japanese Photovoltaic Association and the Wind Association have nuclear in their respective power…
Japan sets ambitious new climate target to be carbon neutral by 2050
Japan’s new prime minister said on Monday the country would seek to become carbon neutral…
How Big Business Is Hindering Japan’s Climate Efforts | Climate crisis
Japan’s influential trade federation is dominated by the electricity, steel, automobile and fossil fuel industries,…
Japan’s climate change efforts hampered by biased business lobby: study
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s powerful Keidanren business lobby is dominated by energy-intensive sectors that make…
COVID-19, a threat and an opportunity for Japanese environmental activists
As COVID-19 cases surge in Japan and the world values cleanliness over sustainability, the nascent…
Japan’s deplorable climate plan amounts to scientific denial
Comment: Japan is reiterating past promises for 2030 rather than planning a radical overhaul needed…
Japan’s climate plan sends ‘bad signal’
Some scientists even wonder if the recent drop in noise in the city could have…
Japan’s climate plan labeled ‘weak’ by experts
Japan – the world’s fifth largest emitter of greenhouse gases – this week shared the…
Activists attack Japan’s ‘shameful’ climate proposals | Greenhouse gas emissions
Japan made his plans to tackle greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement ahead of…
Living in Japan in times of climate crisis
It’s 2020 and the planet needs your help. The same goes for Japan, which ranked…
Where are the Japanese climate strikers?
To share Tweeter To share To share E-mail At the end of September 2019, it…
Can Japan’s Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi overcome gaffes to ease the country’s unlikely dependence on coal?
Japan’s new Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi arrives at the Prime Minister’s official residence on September…
Fighting climate change should be ‘sexy’ and ‘fun’, says Japan’s new environment minister | The Independent
Japan’s new environment minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, pledged on Sunday to mobilize young people to push…
Make climate action ‘sexy’, says Japan’s new environment minister
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Japan’s new Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi pledged on Sunday to mobilize…
G20 summit highlights how Fukushima hit Japan’s climate plans
When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wrote in the pages of the FT last year, he…
Does Japan’s New Climate Change Strategy Go Far Enough? – The Diplomat
AdvertisementJapan plans to adopt a long-term strategy on climate change that would commit the country…
Japan’s preparedness for climate change, an example for Asian countries – BRINK – Conversations and Insights on Global Business
Schoolchildren touch an electronic globe to learn about rising sea levels caused by global warming…
Japan is obsessed with climate change. Young people don’t understand.
To stimulate interest among young and old, the government last summer launched a campaign called…