US-Japan Security Seminar 2022 — IR INSIDER
Transitioning to the panel, JIIA President Kenichiro Sasae expanded the discussion on the current geopolitical…
Browsing: Japan environment
Japan-based educators grow temperate flowers and Filipino vegetables in their Tsukuba home – Manila Bulletin
Many Filipinos who have chosen to live outside the Philippines have found a way to…
UN to review Japan’s plan to dump Fukushima water into Pacific | Fukushima
A UN nuclear task force has vowed to put safety first as it launches a…
Japan SDGs Award recognizes innovators leading the way in sustainability JAPAN Forward
As the year drew to a close on December 24, 2021, thirteen Japanese innovators gathered…
Warmer and Wetter: Rainfall and Temperatures Increase in Japan in 2021
Data from Japan Society Environment Disaster February 17, 2022 Rainfall and average temperatures were above…
Japan Tobacco Group sets ambitious sustainability goals
Japan Tobacco Group (JT Group) announced a group-wide commitment to accelerate efforts to reduce greenhouse…
Japanese Daiwa partners with developer Solariant for 2.5 GWh battery projects in the southern United States
Solar power plant in Hokkaido, northern Japan, invested by Daiwa. Image: Daiwa. Renewable energy developer…
The New Model of Japanese Capitalism in an Uncertain World
Author: Shujiro Urata, Waseda UniversityThe year 2021 began with the hope that the successful development…
UN scientific report sounds deafening climate alarm
Nearly 200 countries are kicking off a virtual meeting on Monday to finalize what promises…
Japan Tobacco: JT Group Extends Its Sustainability Ambition Across the Entire Value Chain to Achieve Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tokyo, February 14, 2022…
From economic partnership to strategic partnership – The Diplomat
AdvertisingHalf a century ago, the February 10, 1972, Japan officially recognized Bangladesh as a sovereign…
Survey on Awareness of Sustainable Development Among Individuals in Japan
TOKYO, JAPAN, February 7, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Interest in the SDGs and global warming among…
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IMF staff EXCLUSIVE cuts coal-critical language in Japan statement – document
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, U.S.,…
In Review: Environmental Protection Regulations in Japan
All the questionsEnvironmental Protectioni Air qualityThe Air Pollution Prevention Act regulates SO emissionsXNOPEX, soot and…
Activists demand shutdown of Japanese-funded coal-fired power plant in climate-vulnerable Bangladesh
MUMBAI, Jan 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Japan should stop funding the construction of a…
Chris Field receives the Japan Prize
Stanford University Ecologist Field Chris won the 2022 Japan Prize, one of the most important…
Expert: Limited climate impact of Tonga eruption
A Japanese expert said ash plumes and other products sent into the atmosphere by the…
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…
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…
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 work with Haryana on climate change: The Tribune India
Chandigarh, December 26 Japan has shown keen interest in providing technical support and collaborating with…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
A turning point for Japan-US climate cooperation? – The Diplomat
AdvertisingIn his first press conference as Prime Minister-designate of Japan, Kishida Fumio notably failed to…
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…
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 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…
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…
Kerry visits Japan to try to reduce emissions
John Kerry, President BidenJapan’s special climate envoy traveled to Japan on Tuesday to meet with…
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…
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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MUFG board pushes back on climate resolution as activists falter in Japan
People queue inside a branch of the Mitsubishi Financial Group UFJ (MUFJ) Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ bank…
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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…
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Japan pledges to further cut emissions as Biden hosts climate summit
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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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…