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RIVERS

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 24, 2018
River-sharing deals mean water wars are a ‘myth,’ says World Water Council
Agreements between countries that share the same river have helped to avoid about 1,800 conflicts in the past 50 years, the World Water Council (WWC) said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Mar 2, 2018
Indonesia aims to banish toxic waste from lifeline Citarum River
Indonesia’s Citarum River burbles past terraced rice paddies and quiet farming villages in the highlands of West Java as it begins to wind its way hundreds of kilometers toward the sea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2017
A new front opens in Asia’s water war
In a water-stressed Asia, taming China’s hegemonic ambition is now the biggest strategic challenge.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2017
Modi’s $87 billion river-linking gamble set to take off as floods hit India
After years of foot-dragging, India will begin work in around a month on an $87 billion project to connect some of the country’s biggest rivers, government sources say, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi bets on the ambitious project to end deadly floods and droughts.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 13, 2017
DNA can track migrations of fish
Scientists have tracked fish off New York by following the traces of DNA left in the water, a technique that could help gauge life in rivers, lakes and oceans around the world, a study showed on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 16, 2017
Troubled waters? India fast-tracks hydro projects in disputed Kashmir
India has fast-tracked hydropower projects worth $15 billion in Kashmir in recent months, three federal and state officials said, ignoring warnings from Islamabad that power stations on rivers flowing into Pakistan will disrupt water supplies.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2016
Asia’s fight over fresh water
Water is emerging as a key challenge for long-term Asian peace and stability.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 21, 2016
Deadly fish parasite forces closures on Yellowstone River and other waterways
Closures on a 183-mile (295-km) stretch of the Yellowstone River and hundreds of miles of other waterways could continue for months while biologists try to prevent the spread of a parasite believed to have killed tens of thousands of fish.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2016
Amazon dam opposed by tribes fails to get environmental license
Brazil’s environmental regulator Ibama decided on Thursday to shelve the environmental license request for a hydroelectric dam on the Tapajos River in the Amazon, a project that had been opposed by indigenous tribes and conservation groups.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2016
Russia stalls China’s $1 billion hydropower loan for Mongolia
Russia’s concern about water rights is holding up a $1 billion loan package Mongolia is seeking from China to build a hydroelectric dam that would help the landlocked central Asian nation ensure independent supplies of energy.
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2016
China’s water hegemony
China’s control of several international rivers, through its huge number of dams, gives it power over the nations downstream.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2016
Can Egypt and Ethiopia share the Nile River?
Egypt has always been defined by the Nile, but today its reliance on the river could be its undoing.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 6, 2015
Scientists learn how some fish can supercharge their vision
Superman can use his X-ray vision whenever the need arises. It turns out that in real life, some fish and amphibians can do something nearly as super when it come to their sight.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2015
China’s freshwater grab
China is in the midst of a dam-building frenzy that will appropriate internationally shared water resources.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 19, 2015
Government error caused tragic Kinugawa flooding
The deadly flooding along the Kinugawa River last month shows how the government has been criminally unwise in its policies on dams and river control.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 7, 2015
Poor planning drains China’s potential for hydropower
China could be wasting enough hydroelectricity to power Britain and Germany for a year, depriving its smog-bound eastern regions of huge volumes of clean energy as a result of poor planning and weak grid infrastructure.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 5, 2015
Environmentalists sue to protect fish amid California drought measures
California environmental groups have sued state and federal water managers, claiming that their drought-management plan for projects below the crucial Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is pushing some species of fish to the brink of extinction.
COMMENTARY / World
May 7, 2015
Doomsday water cycle runs from California to the world
California is not unique in the world in experiencing a destructive feedback loop amid declining water resources.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 9, 2014
EU presses for accountability, opening rift at U.N. climate talks in Lima
European Union insistence on a right to challenge nations about their plans for fighting climate change, in the run-up to a United Nations summit in 2015, has opened a rift at U.N. climate talks in Lima.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 10, 2014
Huge project to divert rivers to Beijing, at the expense of regions
China is about to realize a dream of communist leader Mao Zedong to redirect river flows to benefit Beijing and the dry north, but critics say the resource grab by the politically powerful capital will harm other regions.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
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.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
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.

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