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Coral Davenport
Japan Times
WORLD
May 30, 2023
You¡¯ve never heard of him, but he¡¯s remaking the pollution fight
Richard Revesz has begun to change the fundamental math that underpins federal regulations designed to protect human health and the environment.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 20, 2022
Trying to salvage his climate agenda, Biden weighs remaining options
The U.S. president will not declare a national climate emergency, the White House confirmed, disappointing Democratic lawmakers and activists who had called on him to take the step.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2021
Key to Biden¡¯s climate agenda likely to be cut because of Democrat¡¯s opposition
Biden had hoped enactment of the legislation would clean up the energy sector, which produces about one-quarter of greenhouse gases in the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2021
Amid extreme weather, a shift among U.S. Republicans on climate change
Despite a growing acceptance of the reality of climate change, lawmakers have not thrown their support behind policies aimed at phasing out fossil fuels.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 21, 2021
Biden will pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions nearly in half
The president will commit the United States to deep cuts in emissions at an Earth Day summit meeting that starts on Thursday, according to people familiar with the plan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2021
The battle lines are forming in Biden¡¯s climate push
What may well stand in the U.S. president¡¯s way is political intransigence from senators from fossil-fuel states in both parties.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2021
Biden, in a burst of climate orders, rejoins the Paris Agreement
The moves represent a first step in healing one of the deepest rifts between the United States and the rest of the world after Trump defiantly rejected the Paris pact.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Nov 10, 2020
Trump¡¯s environmental legacy may be lasting harm to the climate
Greenhouse pollution accumulates in the atmosphere, so the heat-trapping gases emitted as a result of loosened regulations will remain for decades, regardless of policy shifts.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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