Full Coverage: Japan

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

12/21/2007 The Japanese government has confirmed that that it has abandoned plans to kill humpback whales in the Southern Ocean this season.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

12/04/2007 Haluaako Japani romuttaa kansainvälisen ilmastosopimuksen, kyselivät useat kansalaisjärjestöt Balin kokouksen toisena päivänä. Niiden mukaan Japani ei ole suostunut puhumaan sitovista päästötavoitteista.

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.

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.

09/06/2007 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.

08/15/2007 This year’s 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.

08/12/2007 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 Tokyo’s aid budget.

08/07/2007 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.