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06/24/2008 Japan should take a global leadership role and act to stem the food crisis by re-exporting its 1.5 million tons of surplus rice -- at reasonable prices -- say a trio of international policy experts.
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From: Center for Global Development
Related: [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [International Cooperation] [Trade] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Geopolitics]
06/20/2008 Send a message of peace to be read at the Sadako Peace Day Ceremony on Aug. 6 in remembrance of 12-year old Sadako who aimed to fold 1,000 cranes to spread peace after being exposed to radiation from the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Related: [Activism] [Codes of Conduct] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Conflict Resolution] [Nuclear Arms] [Peace]
06/12/2008 Oil-consuming countries are finally considering the "painful decision" to end consumer fuel subsidies, and it's about time, writes trade and subsidies expert Ron Steenblik.
From: Energy Bulletin
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Related: [China] [India] [South Korea] [United States] [Energy] [Transport] [Economy] [Renewable Energy] [Geopolitics]
Children in the Philippines.
05/21/2008 Tokyo announced Monday it will export 200,000 tons of rice to the Philippines, a week after a Washington-based think tank said selling surplus supplies could bring down the soaring price of rice.
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From: Center for Global Development
Related: [United States] [Philippines] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [International Cooperation] [Trade] [Geopolitics] [Governance]
Image: Children in the Philippines. © Asia America Initiative
05/15/2008 Selling excess rice held in Japan and imported from the United States would incite a rapid drop in the global price of rice but requires immediate action from Tokyo and Washington, write former editor of The Rice Trader, Tom Slayton, and policy analyst, Peter Timmer.
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From: Center for Global Development
Related: [United States]
Image: © ActionAid UK
05/07/2008 President Bush asked last week that the United States give $770 million in emergency food aid to afflicted regions, but this only amounts to an imperfect first step to confront the global food crisis, says economist Arvind Subramanian.
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From: Center for Global Development
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05/07/2008 Afrikan maiden johtajat kokoontuvat toukokuun lopussa Japanin Yokohamaan keskustelemaan mantereen kehittämisestä ja Afrikan sekä Japanin yhteistyöstä. Japanin odotetaan kertovan kokouksessa uudesta Afrikalle suunnattavasta tukipaketista.
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From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus
Related: [Africa] [Economy] [Finance]
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05/02/2008 Japanin on kauan kritisoitu olevan maailman lapsipornobisneksen moottori. Kansalliset lait sallivat toistaiseksi lapsipornon hallussapidon ja hankkimisen, kunhan tarkoituksena ei ole levittää materiaalia eteenpäin.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Children] [Human Rights] [Law]
03/11/2008 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.
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From: Worldwatch Institute
Related: [Germany] [United Kingdom] [United States]
Image: © Greenpeace UK
02/25/2008 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.
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Related: [East Asia] [Communication] [ICT]
01/23/2008 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.
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From: Greenpeace International
Whale (Greenpeace)
12/21/2007 The Japanese government has confirmed that that it has abandoned plans to kill humpback whales in the Southern Ocean this season.
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From: Greenpeace International
Image: Whale (Greenpeace) © Greenpeace International
12/18/2007 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.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [United States] [Children] [Education] [Aid] [Youth]
Kyoto Protocol demonstration
12/11/2007 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.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related: [United States] [Indonesia] [Canada] [Australia]
Image: Kyoto Protocol demonstration
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12/07/2007 YK:n Balin ilmastoneuvotteluissa jaettiin valtioita vuohiin ja lampaisiin. Hyvikseksi on nousemassa Kiina, jonka asennoituminen ilmastonmuutokseen on muuttunut selvästi viime vuosina. Moitteita keräävät erityisesti Malesia, Saudi Arabia, Japani ja Kanada.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related: [Saudi Arabia] [Malaysia] [China] [Canada] [Climate Change]
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12/07/2007 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.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related: [Saudi Arabia] [Malaysia] [India] [China] [Canada] [Australia]
12/05/2007 Saudi Arabia was given the Fossil of the Day Award by NGOs at the climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia, on Wednesday.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related: [Europe] [Saudi Arabia] [Climate Change]
12/04/2007 Haluaako Japani romuttaa kansainvälisen ilmastosopimuksen, kyselivät useat kansalaisjärjestöt Balin kokouksen toisena päivänä. Niiden mukaan Japani ei ole suostunut puhumaan sitovista päästötavoitteista.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related: [Climate Change]
11/19/2007 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.
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From: Greenpeace International
10/22/2007 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.
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From: Global Voices Online
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