Years without forestry education as Fukushima decontamination fails
The March 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant severely damaged surrounding…
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A resilient China tries to navigate a hostile world
HONG KONG- Instability is the new global norm. From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and tensions…
Why the left lost the elections in South Korea
In South Korea’s election this week, conservative candidate Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party…
Former Goldman VP Kathy Matsui fears ESG in Japan is still a ‘tick-and-tick exercise’
According to former Goldman Sachs Japan Vice President Kathy Matsui, many companies and people in…
State Of Mind: A Modern Take On Okinawan Cuisine
Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture. – On Miyako Island, life is easy all year round. With…
Sony and Honda plan to launch electric vehicle joint venture
Sony Group Corp. is teaming up with automaker Honda Motor Co. to create a new…
Big Oil’s plastic boom threatens ‘historic’ UN pollution pact
NAIROBI- When the United Nations this week agreed to a historic deal to create the…
Climate forecasters warn of a ‘global wildfire crisis’
A landmark United Nations report has concluded that the risk of devastating wildfires around the…
Japanese universities to start administering vaccination boosters
Universities will fully begin administering the third COVID-19 vaccine to students and staff later this…
Japan promotes “babytech” to facilitate the education of children
The Ministry of Industry has started promoting “babytech” products and services, which use cutting-edge technologies…
Will the United States finally pivot to Asia?
Amid escalating US-Russian tensions, US President Joe Biden unveiled his long-delayed “Indo-Pacific Strategy” on February…
Considering Governance 4.0 | Japan time
GENEVA – In 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic and the myriad crises it spawned may finally…
Calls for grass pitches escalate after Super Bowl injury
Inglewood, California – Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.’s knee injury suffered during…
Raging river: Tracing the Arakawa, Japan’s most dangerous water source
Chichibu, Saitama Pref. – The rusty tracks of an abandoned timber line meander along the…
UN scientific report sounds deafening climate alarm
Nearly 200 countries are kicking off a virtual meeting on Monday to finalize what promises…
TikTok tightens rules to ban transphobic behavior
TikTok is changing its definition of hate speech to include dead names and gender errors,…
The environmental crisis of the South China Sea
ATLANTE – As US and Chinese warships increasingly play chicken and China turns atolls and…
Japan launches all-out war against fire ants
The Ministry of Environment is fighting a multi-pronged battle against the highly poisonous fire ants…
China’s fake snow frenzy for Beijing Olympics strains water supply
Weeks before the world’s best skiers and snowboarders descend on Zhangjiakou, the main site of…
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 wants to allow SDS to provide emergency transport for foreign nationals
The government plans to submit a bill allowing Self-Defense Force planes to transport groups of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…