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CLIMATE CHANGE

Penguins are seen on an iceberg as scientists investigate the impact of climate change on Antarctica's penguin colonies, on the northern side of the Antarctic peninsula in 2022.
JAPAN
May 12, 2026
Emperor penguins in focus as Antarctic talks start in Japan
Officials from the nearly 60 countries signatory to the Antarctic Treaty are meeting in Hiroshima for annual discussions on protecting and managing the fragile region.
Sheep near the eastern shores of Lake Hawea, near the town of Wanaka on the South Island of New Zealand.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
May 6, 2026
Court case challenges New Zealand’s ‘magical thinking’ climate plans
After unraveling several green policies since 2023, the right-leaning government is accused of relying too much on unproven future technologies to meet its carbon emission targets.
David Attenborough, whose landmark documentaries have changed popular understanding of the natural world, will turn 100 on Friday.
ENVIRONMENT
May 6, 2026
100 years on Earth: Iconic naturalist Attenborough to mark century
The BBC is leading the celebration of David Attenborough’s centenary with a full week of programming dedicated to his life, such as episodes of series including “Planet Earth II.”
Amid senseless global suffering and authoritarian threats, recent democratic activism and crises such as U.S. President Donald Trump’s actions and the Iran conflict show that tragedy can spark hope for moral progress and climate action.
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2026
From despair to action: Tragedy is reborn as hope.
The crisis of democracy feeds the climate crisis.
An agrivoltaic crop, in which solar panels are raised about 3 meters off the ground so that agricultural machinery can freely operate on the crops underneath, in Sosa, Chiba Prefecture.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
May 3, 2026
As Iran war sends oil prices soaring, some see fresh potential for solar in Japan
While megasolar projects are facing headwinds at the government level, some see renewed potential for solar sharing and smaller-scale, off-grid systems.
While climate-change skeptics downplay the issue, earlier blooming cherry trees in Washington and Kyoto serve as visible indicators of the climate crisis, driven by global warming.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2026
Cherry blossoms are proof of a planet going awry
It was the seventh consecutive year in which the trees flowered earlier than their 20-year average.
A vendor sits next to used air conditioners at a roadside shop in Manila on April 24. A heat wave is sweeping across Southeast Asia as governments put energy-saving measures in place due to the war in Iran.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 28, 2026
Southeast Asia office workers swelter in energy-saving drive amid heat wave
As the prolonged shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz drains energy reserves, relief does not look to be coming anytime soon with countries set to bake in abnormally hot weather.
Volunteer firefighter Ryota Haga carries a fire hose to battle a wildfire in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 27, 2026
Tsunami survivor battles wildfire to protect hometown in Iwate Prefecture
Volunteer firefighter Ryota Haga is working to contain a wildfire raging for a sixth ​day that is threatening his community 15 years after it was devastated by a tsunami.
Oil disruptions from the war in Iran and the turmoil in energy markets highlight Asia’s vulnerability to imported fossil fuels and underscore the need to rapidly scale domestic renewable energies.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 26, 2026
Iran war is a renewable energy wake-up call
The old narrative that fossil fuels are stable and reliable has been proved wrong.
A helicopter conducts firefighting operations as wildfires continue in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2026
Firefighters in Iwate struggle to contain blazes as over 3,000 people evacuated
The area is already scarred by the memory of March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, when the town of Otsuchi lost nearly a tenth of its population.
French Environment Minister Monique Barbut speaks during a news conference in Paris on April 24.
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 25, 2026
G7 says nature talks a success as climate sidelined for U.S.
The Group of Seven skirted any direct mention of global warming to appease the U.S., its largest and most powerful member.
A heat wave in Lima in February 2024 during the most recent El Nino weather phenomenon.
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 24, 2026
Warming El Nino set to return in mid-2026, U.N. says
The United Nations’ weather and climate agency said El Nino conditions were likely as early as the May to July three-month window.
French President Emmanuel Macron during a press event after a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2026
Climate scrubbed from G7 meeting to appease U.S., host France says
The Trump administration has withdrawn the U.S. from global agreements on climate change and weakened environmental protections since the president returned to office in 2025.
Restrictions on fossil fuels, not climate change, pose the greater threat to the global food supply by raising costs and limiting fertilizer access, with the potential to increase hunger. 
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2026
War in the Gulf reveals the real risk to food security
Without fossil fuels, half the global population would suffer a severe lack of food.
Environmental advocacy group Market Forces is calling on investors at Japan's three megabanks — Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho and Sumitomo Mitsui — to vote against directors failing to recognize the risks posed by fossil fuels.
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 23, 2026
Climate investor calls for votes against directors at Japan’s megabanks and trading houses
Environmental advocacy group Market Forces is arguing that directors are failing to oversee material ​financial risks to the banks and trading houses’ businesses.
France's development minister, Eleonore Caroit, attends an interview on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank 2026 spring meetings in Washington on Thursday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Apr 18, 2026
France and other World Bank shareholders seek solution to preserve climate strategy
World Bank shareholders are looking for ways to keep the development lender’s climate strategy alive after its official expiration at the end of June.
Damage caused by Hurricane Michael at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida in October 2018
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Apr 17, 2026
Pentagon chief says climate change is ‘crap.’ The military is still bracing for it.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has canceled nearly 100 research studies related to global warming and security.
Workers install solar panels in Lianyungang, China. Wang Changlin, the vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, said on Friday the country will “significantly increase” the supply of non-fossil energy by 2030 and double it by 2035 compared with 2025 levels.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Apr 17, 2026
China lifts green push with plan to double clean energy by 2035
A hydropower project in Tibet and desert-based renewable hubs will help propel clean-energy generation, the vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission says.
Japan on Friday adopted a new name for days with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius or higher.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2026
JMA introduces new name for days of 40 C heat
Beginning this summer, the weather agency will refer to the hottest days as kokushobi, a description that translates as “severely hot day.”
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the 2026 Liberal National Convention in Montreal, Canada, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2026
Carney clinches majority government to push energy and trade ambitions
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has maintained wide popularity, has pushed to diversify Canada’s trade relationships and build new export infrastructure.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
LGBTQ+ families are building lives Japanese lawmakers still struggle to see
Haru Ono founded Nijiiro Kazoku in 2010 after forming a same-sex stepfamily. She said the impetus for founding the organization was that she couldn’t find much reliable information out there for families such as hers in Japan.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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