Japan’s GX (green transformation) strategy is a broad, ambitious and well-financed transition plan that is designed to cut carbon emissions, improve energy efficiency and boost green innovation. Under ...

Climate scientist Yasuyuki Aono, who died last summer, learned to read ancient Japanese script to compile records on peak bloom dating back to the ninth century C.E.

Japan has often portrayed itself as a leader in the global effort to mitigate climate change. However, the country’s track record has been distinctly mixed. After the oil shocks of the 1970s, Japan ...

The Tenpō Famine of the 1830s was one of the worst in Japanese history, with the poor weather causing escalating rice prices as a major cause. To better understand how historical weather anomalies ...

Japan has allocated US$11 billion in its latest Climate Transition Bond. Image: Baywa Research and development (R&D) into perovskite solar technology, as well as new battery storage technology and ...

YOICHI, Japan (Reuters) -Climate change has helped make the small Japanese town of Yoichi the toast of Pinot Noir connoisseurs, with gradually warming temperatures encouraging locals to try their hand ...

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif.VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — A European-Japanese climate research satellite designed to study Earth’s temperature balance was launched into orbit from ...

Daisuke Imura, National Park Visitor Use Coordinator in Hokkaido, Japan's Shiretoko National Park, holding two "todomatsu" trees (Maries fir) that are about to be planted as part of the 40-year-long ...

A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country ...