Japan, the fifth-largest emitter in the world, has played an important role in tackling climate change globally as a developed Asian country with a long history of environmental and climate regulation ...

The government plans to use the proceeds on technologies that will steer Japan’s government and industry on the right track in terms of both climate and export competitiveness. As its G-7 ...

Under the Paris agreement on climate change, Japan in 2015 set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent by fiscal 2030 in comparison with the level of fiscal 2013. Despite ...

There are ironies involved in both, given that fossil fuels ties Japan and the region together more than shared liberal values. The new prime minister told COP26 that Japan will lead the push for ...

The government is preparing to set the target as Japan’s new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), an emissions reduction commitment made by members of the United Nations climate framework's ...

A woman wipes her face as she walks down a street in Tokyo Japan is sweltering under the ... as cases of hospitalisation rise with the heat. Weather officials warn the heat is likely to continue ...

Background It was no surprise to learn that people as young as 18 were attending the workshop. Youth in Japan have also been moved by the campaign of Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg to push ...

Since the 2011 accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Japan's view of nuclear as the “dream energy” has been profoundly transformed. Pre-disaster, the country planned to rely on ...

Japan sees this kind of innovation-driven, sustainability-focused investment as the key to achieving its ambitious national climate goal: net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Vast sums will need to ...