Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is pictured during a visit to Yasukini Shrine in Tokyo on Aug

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A woman wears a face mask reading" 1.5 degrees celsius" during the central climate strike of Fridays for Future in Frankfurt, Germany, on Aug.... As the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, China has committed to bringing total CO2 emissions to a peak before 2030 and aims to become carbon neutral by 2060.... With many countries including the United States and Japan vowing to attain net zero carbon emissions by 2050, Kerry may call on Beijing to set a more ambitious climate target than it

He made headlines early this year by taking paternity leave — a rarity in Japan — and has said that he wants to mobilize young people to fight climate change by making the cause “ sexy ” and “ fun.” In addition to Mr.... Koizumi, analysts said, the visit was also a signal to his domestic political constituency as he seeks to establish his credentials with the right wing of the Liberal Democratic Party, which Mr.... Abe has long pursued a campaign to move Japan beyond its postwar pacifism....

TOKYO( AP)--U.S. climate envoy John Kerry met in Tokyo on Tuesday with Japan's top diplomat to push efforts to fight climate change ahead of a United Nations conference in November.... Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi highlighted what he said was the importance of getting other major carbon emitters, especially China, to cooperate.... " China is the world's biggest carbon emitter and the number two economy as well, and it is extremely important that we encourage China to firmly fulfill its r

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Image source, Reuters Image caption, China was the world's biggest importer of seafood from Japan By Mariko Oi Business reporter China's imports of seafood from Japan slumped last month as Tokyo started to release treated waste water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. Imports of Japanese seafood fell 67.6% in August from the same month last year, China's customs authority said. Japan's ministry of agriculture and fisheries says China was the world's top importer of the country's sea

TOKYO-Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he would step down as prime minister next month, after a three-year tenure marked by scandal and declining public support. Here are some possible contenders to replace him when his ruling Liberal Democratic Party( LDP) holds a leadership election next month. SHIGERU ISHIBA, 67A four-time candidate for party president and a former defence minister, Ishiba is yet to officially announce his intention to run in the upcoming race. Ishiba l

TOKYO-Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Aug 14 urged his colleagues to embrace change and seek out a candidate that will transform an unpopular incumbent party with bleak electoral prospects.Mr Kishida, 67, announced he would not stand for re-election as Liberal Democratic Party boss next month, amid one of the lowest public support rates ever recorded by the scandal-ridden party, which has ruled Japan for most of the past eight decades.“ It is necessary to show the people how th

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