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JAPAN
Apr 8, 2010
Japan’s eco-credentials assailed
OSAKA — Six months before Japan hosts a major U.N. conference on biodiversity, the government and major corporations involved in the issue are conducting a series of events to raise public awareness about threats to the world’s ecosystems and what can be done to save natural habitats.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2010
Osaka, Hyogo step up battle over Itami’s fate
OSAKA — With resolutions and sharp words between their governors, Osaka and Hyogo prefectures stepped up their battle over Itami airport this week.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2010
Immigration detainees end hunger strike
OSAKA — Human rights activists said Sunday that around 70 detainees at the West Japan Immigration Control Center stopped their 11-day hunger strike Friday evening after the center reportedly agreed to meet with both detainees and activists Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2010
White Beach base site said credible
OSAKA — The proposal to build a replacement base for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma off the Katsuren Peninsula in central Okinawa Island, stretching from the White Beach Naval Facility to a nearby small island, is the latest idea to be floated in the contentious relocation abyss.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2010
70 immigration detainees on hunger strike
OSAKA — At least 70 detainees at the West Japan Immigration Control Center, which has long been criticized by human rights groups and Diet members, have been on a hunger strike since Monday, center officials and volunteers helping them confirmed Thursday.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2010
Shipment of nuclear waste arrives from U.K.
OSAKA — The first delivery of at least 850 canisters of high-level radioactive vitrified waste arrived Tuesday morning by ship from the U.K. in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, where it will sit in storage for decades before being buried deep underground.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2010
Battle lines drawn across Nagoya land
OSAKA — Home to a biologically diverse “satoyama” ecosystem, a Nagoya land tract is at the center of a struggle between the owners who want to develop it and local citizens who want it preserved to demonstrate environmental responsibility.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 23, 2010
Joint effort on track to take shinkansen system to U.S.
When U.S. President Barack Obama took office, one thing he pitched was a “Green New Deal” that would reduce fossil fuel use, and high-speed passenger trains like those in Japan and Europe were part of his sweeping plan.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2010
Kansai execs fret affairs of the state
KYOTO — Senior business leaders in the Kansai region have long been able to rely on smooth relations with local and central government politicians sympathetic to their causes.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2010
Nara fears 1,300th anniversary flop
NARA — The ancient capital of Nara is celebrating the 1,300th anniversary of its founding throughout 2010 with hundreds of events that officials hope will bring in nearly 13 million visitors and raise the city’s profile domestically and internationally as a historical and cultural tourism center.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2010
Startup firms, innovation key to ties: Roos
KYOTO — Innovation and entrepreneurship will not only revitalize Japan’s economy but also help strengthen and build upon Japan-U.S. relations that have become strained by security issues, U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos told senior Kansai business leaders Friday afternoon.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2010
Kansai business chiefs lash out at Hatoyama
KYOTO — Kansai business leaders expressed strong dissatisfaction Thursday with the administration of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, charging that last summer’s change of government has led to a lot of rhetoric but little action.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2010
Base relocation now iffy
OSAKA — With Sunday’s win in Nago, Okinawa, by a mayoral candidate who is opposed to relocating the Futenma air base to the city’s Henoko district, calls to revise the 2006 accord and relocate the facility outside the prefecture are growing, placing Tokyo and Washington under increased pressure to...
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2010
Nago mayor vote a referendum on base
OSAKA — In an election with major implications for Japan-U.S. relations, voters in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, will head to the polls Jan. 24 to either re-elect a mayor who supports relocating the Futenma air base nearby or install a challenger who wants the base out of the prefecture and, preferably,...
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2010
Treaty withstands strains of time, politics
OSAKA — A half century after it was signed, the 1960 Japan-U.S. security treaty remains the foundation for bilateral cooperation, even as the world it was forged in has changed drastically.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2010
Airport wars roil Kansai region
OSAKA — Two years into his term, Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto continues to enjoy high popularity among voters, with some local media polls showing his approval rating at almost 70 percent, due largely to his personality and cost-cutting steps.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2009
Numbers put nail in COP15 coffin
didn’t agree to here,” de Boer said. Or, as he indicated, maybe by then, the reality of what the numbers on global warming mean will convince negotiators they cannot afford another conference of the size and scale of Copenhagen that produces only more arguments on numbers rather than an agreement to...
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2009
Divided climate summit ends with deal
COPENHAGEN — A two-week climate change conference billed as the most important postwar international gathering and perhaps the world’s last chance to halt global warming and irreversible climate change concluded Saturday morning with a vague, nonlegal agreement that few delegates enthusiastically supported....
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2009
China, India snag emissions deal
COPENHAGEN — China, India and other developing countries were accused of trying to block last-minute efforts Friday morning by world leaders to end a nearly two-week climate change conference with a political agreement on greenhouse gas emission cuts.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2009
Mayor touts Kyoto’s climate-saving strides
by 25 percent and in 2004, we passed a local ordinance to reduce greenhouse gases. About 140 business are now in compliance with this ordinance,” Kadokawa said. Kyoto is a city of traditions, he said, one of which is not to be wasteful, especially in the household. This tradition forms the basis of the...
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Trump says ‘Japan’ instead of Iran at meeting in Ankara
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference during a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara on Wednesday.
World’s first fully sealed vertical-farming facility opens in Tokyo
Fully sealed units are stacked on top of each other at Plantx's vertical-farming facility in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Wednesday.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.

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