Full Coverage: Japan
05.07.2008
G8 leaders meeting in Japan from July 7-9 to tackle issues such as rising oil prices and global warming are being urged to dump the World Bank's highly controversial 'climate investment funds'.
more...From: Friends of the Earth International Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Credit and investment] Image: Friends of the Earth Japan will be holding events parallel to the G8, demanding climate justice and opposing the World Bank's climate funds
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02.07.2008
Controls have been increased at Tokyo's main airport in an attempt to keep "trouble-makers" away from the forthcoming G8 Summit of industrialised countries, says a press service for the "independent radical left movement" that opposes the G8 countries.
more...Related topics/regions: [Activism] Image: Marching to the G8 meeting at Gleneagles, July 2005 © Peter Armstrong
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28.05.2008
Japan has a chance to lead the rich G8 nations this year in finally delivering real benefits to poor African countries – provided it honours its own aid and climate promises at an important Japan-African Summit in Yokohama this week, says an international development group.
more...From: Oxfam Great Britain |
11.03.2008
President Bush rallied rich nations last week to join the the U.K., Japan, and the United States in committing billions of dollars for developing countries to expand their renewable energy capacity.
more...From: Worldwatch Institute Related topics/regions: [Germany] [United Kingdom] [United States] Image: © Greenpeace UK
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25.02.2008
Japanese telecom leader NTT DoCoMo unveiled an innovative Bluetooth handset, the Sound Leaf Plus at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The light-weight mobile works when pressed against the bone below the ear and has a high frequency switch for improved sound articulation.
more...Related topics/regions: [East Asia] [Communication] [ICT] Image: The mobile uses bone conduction to send and receive voice signals /Photo credit: BusinessLine/Anand Parthasarathy
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23.01.2008
Greenpeace activists temporarily blocked the Japanese whaling fleet's factory ship from illegally refuelling in Antarctic waters yesterday - the latest skirmish in a two-week battle.
more...From: Greenpeace International Image: © Greenpeace International
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21.12.2007
The Japanese government has confirmed that that it has abandoned plans to kill humpback whales in the Southern Ocean this season.
more...From: Greenpeace International Image: Whale (Greenpeace) © Greenpeace International
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18.12.2007
Eight years ago the world's wealthiest countries promised to provide the funding needed to ensure that all children worldwide can attend school. But now, halfway to the global 2015 deadline for universal primary education, developed countries are failing to come up with the aid.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [United States] [Aid] [Children] [Education] [Youth] Image: UNESCO - Global Monitoring Report 2008 © UNESCO
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11.12.2007
The 10th anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol today which requires industrialised countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by at least five per cent from the 1990 level was marked by a warning that the treaty is under threat at the UN climate change negotiations in Bali, Indonesia.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [United States] [Indonesia] [Canada] [Australia] Image: Kyoto Protocol demonstration
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07.12.2007
China was named Good Guy at the UN climate change negotiations in Bali on Friday, Malaysia was condemned to join Saudi Arabia, Japan and Canada in the Bad Guys group and Australia and India were told to make up their mind which category they wanted to be in.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [Saudi Arabia] [Malaysia] [India] [China] [Canada] [Australia] |
05.12.2007
Saudi Arabia was given the Fossil of the Day Award by NGOs at the climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia, on Wednesday.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [Europe] [Saudi Arabia] [Climate change] |
19.11.2007
It's anchors aweigh as the Japanese whaling fleet sets off to kill more than 1,000 whales in its biggest hunt since a moratorium came into effect over 20 years ago. And Greenpeace is alongside, by boat and blog.
more...From: Greenpeace International Image: © Greenpeace International
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22.10.2007
Japanese bloggers are discussing the state of welfare in their country after the well documented death of a man due to starvation revealed cracks in the system.
more...From: Global Voices Online |
06.09.2007
Three inmates on Japan's death row were recently executed by hanging, bringing the total number of executions administered under former Justice Minister Nagase Jinen to ten -- in less than a year. Judging from the blogosphere's reaction, Japanese opinion seems to run the gamut on capital punishment.
more...From: Global Voices Online Image: Many Japanese bloggers are opposed to the death penalty. © Amnesty International - International Secretariat
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15.08.2007
This years sixth anniversary celebration of the Tokyo Pride Parade exemplifies the slow but steady growth of awareness and acceptance regarding gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues in Japan. Japanese bloggers and participants share their thoughts and reactions.
more...From: Global Voices Online Image: The 6th Tokyo Pride Parade. © Global Voices Online
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12.08.2007
Japan was once the largest borrower from the World Bank, the institution's president, Robert B. Zoellick, said during a visit to the country in which he noted a six-year decline in Tokyos aid budget.
more...From: World Bank |
07.08.2007
The anniversaries of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are reminders of the continued peril that humanity faces - a peril far too serious to be left only in the hands of government leaders, says David Krieger.
more...From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Related topics/regions: [United States] |
23.07.2007
"History is full of seemingly impossible goals which became achievable because people made their voices heard," says peace activist Steven Crandell.
more...From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Image: © Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
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19.07.2007
Nuclear power is never safe, but it can be made less safe through a combination of lies, cover-ups and geological fault lines: a look at the damage caused by an earthquake to the world's largest nuclear plant - and the revelations that have been coming out since about spills and leaks at the facility.
more...From: Greenpeace International |
17.07.2007
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 17 (OneWorld) - The huge fire and radioactive leak at a nuclear site in Japan caused by Monday's earthquake have prompted new calls for restraints on the use of nuclear technology.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Energy] [Nuclear Issues] |


