Climate Change
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Tokyo aims to install solar panels at over 2,000 facilities
The Tokyo metropolitan government plans to install solar panels at more than 2,000 facilities it own...
January 7, 2022
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To boost decarbonization, Japan seeks more nations to join its emissions trading plan
Aiming to lead the global decarbonization movement and helping Japan decarbonize, the government pla...
January 6, 2022
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Companies in Japan must set renewable energy targets in as early as 2023
About 12,000 companies in Japan will be obliged, in as early as 2023, to draw up targets regarding t...
December 30, 2021
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Battle over coal continues to the last at COP26
GLASGOW — The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Clim...
November 16, 2021
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At COP26, Japan thanked for money but criticized over coal
Britain, which chaired the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Conve...
November 16, 2021
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20 nations to join hands in promoting electric vehicles
GLASGOW — Japan and about 20 other economies at the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow have compiled an a...
November 11, 2021
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Japan-led initiative to spur aid to help nations cope with CFCs
GLASGOW — Japan, the United States and European nations are among an international alliance of 73 na...
November 10, 2021
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Japanese companies pitch decarbonization tech at COP26
GLASGOW — Japanese companies are promoting their decarbonization technologies at the 26th U.N. Clima...
November 7, 2021
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Business ready to do its part for climate goals
Our planet is in peril. Rising temperatures and harsh weather patterns — once risks that were on the...
November 5, 2021
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Kishida vows $10 billion in assistance to decarbonize Asia
GLASGOW — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Tuesday to provide up to $10 billion (about ¥1.14 tri...
November 3, 2021
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Leaders vow to protect forests, plug methane leaks at COP26
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — World leaders promised to protect Earth’s forests, cut methane emissions an...
November 3, 2021
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No issue more pressing than future health of our planet
I was invited to speak at two important world gatherings — the G20 Summit in Rome and the COP26 meet...
November 2, 2021
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Kishida Leaves for Glasgow for Climate Summit
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida left for Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday morni...
November 2, 2021
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Evaluation system planned to speed up, reward regional decarbonization efforts
The government will introduce a system for evaluating the performance of efforts aimed at realizing ...
June 17, 2021
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Study: Fashion industry emits 95 million tons of CO2 per year
It is estimated that Japan is responsible for emitting 95 million tons of carbon dioxide a year when...
April 26, 2021
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