The disaster and subsequent suspensions of all but two nuclear power plants in the wake of the Fukushima mishap have resulted in renewed environmental concerns such as heightened greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions due to Japanese utilities companies having to ramp up thermal power stations at the ...
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, left, gestures to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga during a meeting at Suga's official residence in Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Kerry met with Japan's top diplomat to push efforts to fight climate change ahead of a Unit...
The Japanese government enacted the Climate Change Adaptation Act in 2018 and has developed the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and the Local Climate Change Adaptation Plans (LCCAPs) to manage climate risks and reduce the impact of climate change. In addition, the Ministry of the Environment, ...
Reassessing Clarification Request Strategies within English-Speaking Japanese Business Discourse: Clarification of Message Delivery and Pragmatic Ambiguity Objectives: English communication skills are becoming more important in the business context of Japan. To realise smooth communication, the use of clarific....
METI (then called MITI), which was responsible for the protection of Japanese industries, insisted that any absolute reduc- tion in emissions was unrealistic, and called for the stabilization of emissions from 1990. MOFA, which was responsible for foreign affairs, cared about other countries' ...
Here’s a list of the donor nations. I definitely feel sorry for German and Japanese taxpayers. And why are governments squandering money this way? Here are some more excerpts that explain the answer. Wealthy nations…committed, first in 2009 and again in 2015 under the Paris climate agreemen...
The newly-elected Japanese prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, on Tuesday called for greater international efforts to combat global climate change, which he said requires a global response.
carbon pricing as it believes that this will push up the cost of electricity in a country which already pays more for it than the rest of the world, and hinders investment and innovation. The business group takes the view that “innovation is the only solution for climate change”, he ...
This suggests that Bohemian knotweed stands mostly arose from seed, while true Japanese knotweeds result only from the propagation of rhizome or stem fragments. CONCLUSIONS: The effect of climate change is already palpable on the phenology of invasive plant species at their northern distribution limit...
Under Kyoto Protocol Regime, no obligation is imposed on decreasing domestic Green House Gas (GHG) emission in the field of agriculture in Japan. Clean Development Mechanism(CDM), however, could make Japanese GHG reduction technology and capital be transferred to Asian countries, CER (Certified Emis...