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Residents walk over the debris of a structure destroyed in high winds in Nhon Hai fishing village near Quy Nhon in the aftermath of Typhoon Kalmaegi in Gia Lai province, central Vietnam, on Friday.
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 10, 2025
As Typhoon Kalmaegi wreaks havoc in Southeast Asia, scientists say rising temperatures are to blame
Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 188 people across the Philippines and caused untold damage to infrastructure and farmland across the archipelago.
The aftermath of a wildfire in Yeongyang, South Korea, on March 28.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
May 1, 2025
South Korea¡¯s deadly fires made twice as likely by climate change, researchers say
Fires blazed for nearly a week, killing 32 people and destroying around 5,000 buildings before they were brought under control in late March.
Waves crash against the coast of Sansha town in Ningde, Fujian province, China, on Thursday as Typhoon Gaemi approaches.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jul 26, 2024
Climate change driving change in rainfall and fiercer typhoons
About 75% of the world¡¯s land area has seen a rise in ¡°precipitation variability,¡± or wider swings between wet and dry weather, scientists have found.
Broken fridges in the yard of a recycling workers' tenement house in Dongxiaokou village in Beijing in 2014
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Apr 8, 2024
Climate-warming gases being smuggled into Europe, investigation says
Law enforcement agencies across the European Union are struggling to keep track of illicit shipments entering via Turkey, Russia and Ukraine.
A man walks past a pollution pod designed to mimic the air quality in New Delhi, during the COP28 summit in Dubai, on Dec 4.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Dec 15, 2023
How the world agreed to move away from fossil fuels at COP28
This year¡¯s climate conference marked the first time in history countries expressed a unified desire to end the oil age.
Staff members work at a desk next to an exhibition for Shenzhen's metro carbon inclusion project, inside a subway station in Pingshan district of Shenzhen on Oct. 19.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / ANALYSIS
Nov 27, 2023
China turns to households in fight to slash carbon emissions
¡°Carbon inclusion¡± programs aim to help transform the world¡¯s biggest greenhouse gas emitter into a carbon-neutral country by 2060.
People wearing sun protection gear amid a heat wave walk on a street in Beijing in July.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 3, 2023
Climate¡¯s ¡®Catch-22¡¯: Cutting pollution heats up the planet
The removal of air pollution may have had a greater effect on temperatures in some Chinese cities than the warming from greenhouse gases.
Visitors crowd around a water fountain during a heat wave in Rome, Italy, on July 17.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jul 25, 2023
Climate change role in July heat waves ¡®overwhelming,¡¯ scientists say
Extreme weather has caused havoc across the planet this month, with record-breaking temperatures causing forest fires, water shortages and more hospital admissions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2023
U.S. envoy John Kerry says China-U.S. climate relations need ¡®more work¡¯
The two sides agreed climate change was urgent and that they should stick to the global commitment ¡®to keep 1.5 alive.¡±
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2023
China-U.S. climate progress could hinge on new methane deal
China had drafted a plan with concrete measures to curb methane emissions from energy, agriculture and waste but has yet to make the plan public.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 12, 2023
Canadian lake sediments reveal start of new geological age, scientists say
The deposits provide unmistakable evidence that Earth entered a new human-driven chapter known as the Anthropocene epoch some seven decades ago, according to researchers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 1, 2023
Climate nears point of no return as land and sea temperatures break records
High land temperatures have only been matched by those on the sea, with warming intensified by an El Nino event and other factors.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 27, 2023
Climate and environmental change puts 90% of marine food at risk, study says
Overproduction in the industry, which has driven the destruction of wetland habitats, has caused significant environmental damage.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 19, 2023
Global water reservoir volumes decline despite construction boom, study says
The decline in storage volumes was concentrated in the south, where water demand increased rapidly and new reservoirs didn¡¯t fill up as quickly as expected.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 23, 2022
China lacked a ¡®zero COVID¡¯ exit strategy. Its people are paying the price.
The abrupt shift has left the nation scrambling to avert a collapse of its public health system.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2022
How accurate are China¡¯s COVID-19 death numbers?
The country¡¯s classification system has raised concerns among experts and the public.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 4, 2022
Inside China¡¯s fight over the future of ¡®COVID zero¡¯
Opinions about the policy vary wildly, illustrating the difficulties leader Xi Jinping faces in relaxing the world¡¯s most rigid rules while heading off national discontent.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 12, 2022
Dying lands: Farmers fight to save the ¡®skin of the Earth¡¯
In America¡¯s dusty Corn Belt this spring, the land was drowning. In China¡¯s Yangtze River basin, it¡¯s bone dry. Farmers in both are fighting a losing battle to save the soil.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 6, 2022
China¡¯s private health system hurt by tough coronavirus controls
Dozens of private hospitals have declared bankruptcy in China during the past two years, pushed over the edge by the cost of complying with the country¡¯s ¡®COVID zero¡¯ policies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2022
Mizuho and Mitsubishi UFJ among banks that gave coal sector over $1.5 trillion in three years
The Japanese firms, both members of the Net Zero Banking Alliance, were identified as the two biggest lenders in a report by a group of 28 nongovernmental organizations.
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.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
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.

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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
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