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Climate activists chant slogans during a demonstration organized by Climate Action Network Europe at the U.N. climate change conference (COP31) in Antalya, on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2026
Japan, eight others get fossil award over leaders skipping climate talks
From the Group of Seven countries, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is the only leader expected to attend the summit.
President of COP31 Murat Kurum of Turkey delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Antalya, Turkey, on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 10, 2026
Japan to use COP31 to showcase environmental technologies
A key goal of the conference is to increase the world’s electrification to 35% by 2035.
Trucks transporting coal from the coal mine near Milas, Turkey, on Oct. 29
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 10, 2026
‘Pit of hell’: Turkish mother and daughter lead fight against coal mine
For nearly a decade, Isik and her daughter have thrown themselves into protesting against mining projects slowly ravaging Mugla province in Turkey.
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Nov. 3. The strait's closure played a role in driving emissions down.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Nov 10, 2026
Fossil fuel emissions fall due to Iran war and renewables, research shows
The expected annual drop would be the first since 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic paralyzed the global economy, trade and transport.
People walk past a #COP31 sign near the entrance to the Antalya Expo Center on Sunday ahead of the opening of the U.N. climate conference.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 9, 2026
COP31 to open in Turkey, with climate goals under pressure from war and AI
A United Nations Environment Program report said the world is already set to overshoot 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above preindustrial times.
An employee checks newly-assembled electric cars to be exported to South America at an electric vehicle factory in Zouping county, Shandong province, China, on Sept. 24, 2013.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 8, 2026
How China’s clean-tech machine is reshaping the global climate fight
Beijing sent $132 billion in clean technology and investment to the developing world last year — the largest such contribution of any country.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks at the COP30 U.N. climate summit in Belem, Brazil, on Nov. 19 last year. Lula will also attend COP31, which will take place from Nov. 9 to 20 in Antalya, Turkey.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 4, 2026
Ahead of COP31, Brazil offers a global fossil fuel exit plan
The Brazilian roadmap calls for countries to shift away from oil, gas and coal on a voluntary basis.
A drone view of data centers in Sparks, Nevada, on Oct. 9. Data centers are emerging as a major new source of greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in the U.S., where big tech companies are racing to bring them online by developing new gas-fired power stations.
ENVIRONMENT
Oct 28, 2026
AI is part of solution for climate change, COP31 pledge says
It’s not clear which countries will sign up and the U.S., the biggest developer of data centers, is no longer part of the COP process.
Murat Kurum, Turkey's environment minister and president-designate of the COP31 summit, speaks during a news conference at a climate summit in Nadi, Fiji, on Thursday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Oct 8, 2026
Climate needs same urgency as defense spending, COP31 chief says
Turkish Environment Minister and COP31 President-designate Murat Kurum said every country must show the same responsibility and determination.
Turkish Environment Minister Murat Kurum, who is COP31 president, is calling for a refocus on the “greatest threat” that is “at our doorstep, which is climate change.”
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2026
Turkey’s environment minister lays out agenda for COP31 summit
Amid artificial intelligence and war concerns, the head of 2026’s U.N. climate summit appealed to global business leaders to keep emissions in focus.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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