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ENVIRONMENT

Climate change
Energy
Sustainability
Wildlife
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Trees in a forest in Nyanga, Gabon
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Scientists behind ¡®net zero¡¯ concept say nations are getting it wrong
By Eric Roston
Countries may be claiming carbon credits for work already being done by land and oceans ¡ª and the accounting mismatch has consequences.
Plastic production is on track to triple by 2050, and microplastics have been found in air, fresh produce and even human breast milk.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Battle over curbing plastic output jeopardizes U.N. treaty hopes
The hoped-for treaty could be the most significant environmental protection deal since the 2015 Paris Agreement.
A trainer feeds an elephant at the Elephant Conservation Center in Laos' Sainyabuli province on Oct. 13.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Researchers analyze DNA from dung to save Laos elephants
By Stuart Graham
Once abundant in the forests of Laos, Asian elephants have been decimated by habitat destruction, poaching and scarce breeding opportunities.
ENVIRONMENT
Showdown looms on plastic treaty days before deadline
By Katie Forster
ENVIRONMENT
Cleaning up pristine beaches means spotting plastic trash from space
By Aaron Clark
ENVIRONMENT
AI enhances flood warnings but cannot fully erase risk of disaster
By adam smith
ENVIRONMENT
U.S. election uncertainty clouds U.N. climate finance progress
By Valerie Volcovici and Kate Abnett

Climate change

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 12.
Climate change
Barbados completes world's first debt swap for climate resilience
By Virginia Furness
Barbados' new deal could generate around $125 million to go toward?sewage treatment plant upgrades that should boost water supplies and reduce pollution.
Climate change
How Saudi Arabia turned back climate progress at COP29
By Akshat Rathi, Jennifer A. Dlouhy and John Ainger
Climate change
Rich countries provide no haven from climate doom, study finds
By Frances Schwartzkopff
Climate change
Climate finance's 'new era' shows new political realities
By Shaun TANDON
Climate change
Developing nations blast $300 billion COP29 climate deal as insufficient
Climate change
How big fossil-fuel-producing countries export emissions abroad
By Mohamed Ezz and Valerie Volcovici
Climate change
Wealthy countries' $300 billion offer seeks to end COP29 stalemate

Sustainability

Their trucks, sometimes driven by Someya herself, go around Tokyo collecting used cooking oil from restaurants and households.
Sustainability
Turning tempura oil into fuel: 30 years of environmental efforts by Tokyo entrepreneur
By Aiko Imaizumi
"Seeing all the used cooking oil being collected, I thought Tokyo is basically an oil field."
Sustainability
Can the world unite to end the plastic pollution crisis?
By Aaron Clark and Leslie Kaufman
Sustainability
South Korea's mountain of plastic waste shows limits of recycling
By Joyce Lee
Sustainability / OUR PLANET
Japan's chipmaking rush pressures Kumamoto's special water supply
By Tomoko Otake
Sustainability
How a DJ became an unlikely champion for green farming
By Charlotte Hughes-Morgan
Sustainability
Report details fossil fuel threat to 'Amazon of the seas'
Sustainability
Water crisis endangers 8% of GDP in high-income countries, report warns
By Coco Liu

Energy

No new turbines have been ordered in Sweden since the first quarter, according to the latest data from industry group Svensk Vindenergi, the longest such stretch in two years.
Energy
Free green power in Sweden is crippling its wind industry
By Lars Paulsson
The country has one of the greenest grids in the world. But even more is needed to electrify the rest of its economy.
Energy
Tokyo Gas eyes wind power projects in Southeast Asia
Energy
Glittering dreams: India's big push for solar power
By Philippe Alfroy
Energy
How AI and cloud computing may delay the transition to clean energy
By Valerie Volcovici and Laila Kearney
Energy
Surprise solar boom in Pakistan helps millions, but harms grid
By Faseeh Mangi
Energy / OUR PLANET
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can¡¯t seem to quit
By Chris Russell
Energy
Nuclear power was once shunned at climate talks. Now, it¡¯s a rising star.
By Brad Plumer

Wildlife

Colombian Environment Minister and COP16 President, Susana Muhamad, attends the last plenary session of the COP16 Summit in Cali, Colombia, on Saturday.
Wildlife
U.N. nature summit ends in limbo as countries spar over funding
By Natasha White and Zahra Hirji
Notwithstanding the last-minute drama, the summit did achieve some of its goals.
Wildlife
U.N. talks on saving nature stumble on finance hurdle
By Mari?tte le Roux and Benjamin Legendre
Wildlife
Talks on halting nature loss run into extra time in Colombia
By Mari?tte le Roux
Wildlife / Longform
Inside Japan's 100-year project to monitor its deteriorating biodiversity
By Alex K.T. Martin
Wildlife
Earth's biodiversity crisis in numbers
By Benjamin Legendre
Wildlife
Colombia's peace opened wildlife to discovery, but new violence frustrates progress
By Jake Spring
Wildlife
Wildfires are gaining speed in a worrying trend for western U.S.
By Todd Woody

Earth science

Debris from Hurricane Helene on a roadside as residents evacuate before the arrival of Hurricane Milton on Oct. 7 in St. Pete Beach, Florida.
Earth science
Atlantic hurricane season ends, leaving scientists to ponder the future
By Lauren Rosenthal
The Atlantic spawned 11 hurricanes this season, above the annual average of seven. Also above average was the number of major hurricanes.
Earth science / OUR PLANET
Important tool or alarmism? Japan experts split on megaquake advisories.
By Kathleen Benoza
Earth science
Why Japanese researchers are looking to submarine cables for faster tsunami warnings
By Joel Tansey
Earth science / OUR PLANET
How rain and snow play a role in Noto¡¯s ¡®seismic swarm¡¯
By Harvin Bhathal
Earth science
How cloud seeding boosts rainfall ¡ª and why that¡¯s controversial
By Laura Millan
Earth science / OUR PLANET
For Japan, earthquakes are an existential matter
By Alex K.T. Martin
Earth science
Amid climate efforts, will net-zero emissions be enough?
By Sana Pashankar and Eric Roston
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Miho Nakayama, known for 'Love Letter' and a decadeslong music career, dies at 54
Miho Nakayama
A $105 trillion inheritance windfall is on the way for U.S. heirs
About $105 trillion is projected to be passed down from older generations over the next quarter century, according to research firm Cerulli Associates, an amount roughly equal to global gross domestic product in 2023.
Japan's soft power soared to new heights in 2024
Japanese creatives, athletes and activists saw their efforts recognized on the world stage in various ways this year. At the Oscars (left) Takashi Yamazaki and his team took a prize for ¡°Godzilla Minus One,¡± while later in the year Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada (center) took Emmys for their work in ¡°Shogun.¡± Shohei Ohtani (right) was arguably the biggest Japanese star of the year.
Japan's honorific language can be challenging for native speakers, too
People walk around an outlet mall in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture. At stores across Japan, clerks use a form of polite language called "manyuaru keigo," literally, ¡°manual honorifics,¡± named for the service manuals they study it from.
Police may be able to use fake IDs to investigate yami baito
A Metropolitan Police Department flyer on high-paying illegal work advertised on social media, known as yami baito
What constitutes fatal dangerous driving in Japan?
Critics have said that drivers who were speeding well over the speed limit or those who were extremely drunk were not indicted for dangerous driving because of its vague definition.
Japan's soft power soared to new heights in 2024
Japanese creatives, athletes and activists saw their efforts recognized on the world stage in various ways this year. At the Oscars (left) Takashi Yamazaki and his team took a prize for ¡°Godzilla Minus One,¡± while later in the year Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada (center) took Emmys for their work in ¡°Shogun.¡± Shohei Ohtani (right) was arguably the biggest Japanese star of the year.
Lightning strikes twice for Shun Ikeda at All Japan Championships
Shun Ikeda holds the trophy after winning his second consecutive amateur yokozuna title on Sunday at Tokyo¡¯s Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Yoon¡¯s gambit a tempest in a teapot for financial markets
A screen displays market data at Hana Bank in Seoul on Wednesday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

People in cities across Japan will pop into their local convenience store for any number of products they believe will help them with a night of drinking.
Hangover cures are everywhere in Japan ¡ª but do they work?
By Thu-Huong Ha

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