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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.
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.
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 French cereal farmer spreads nitrogen fertilizer white pellets on a wheat field in Larchant, France, in May. While nitrogen gas is harmless and makes up 78% of the air we breathe, human activities have dramatically increased the production and release into the environment of various forms of reactive nitrogen.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Nov 1, 2026
What a Japanese scientist says can be done about the climate’s nitrogen problem
While nitrogen gas is harmless, the production of fertilizers used to feed the world converts it into reactive nitrogen, and that comes with a cost.
Rows of the air conditioning compressors installed on the rear of buildings at Boat Quay in Singapore on Aug. 26
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / FOCUS
Nov 1, 2026
‘Air-con nation’ Singapore eyes alternatives to cool down
The city-state has the highest per-capita air conditioner ownership rate in Southeast Asia, with about 99% of private residences equipped with cooling units.
An East Japan Railway worker alongside one of two goats that the railway company has deployed to an area near Tokyo's Yotsuya Station in order to trim excess growth
JAPAN / Society
Oct 30, 2026
JR East’s new four-legged landscapers are proving to be a hit
A pair of young goats are part of a new environmentally friendly initiative to tackle overgrowth near Tokyo’s Yotsuya Station.
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.
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Oct 25, 2026
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
At a global conference in smog-hit Malaysia, scientists outlined how the Earth’s natural systems are buckling due to warming.
The Portland Aluminium smelter in Portland, Australia. Closing power plants before replacements are ready has left the country with fewer options, which should serve as a warning to Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2026
Australia’s energy transition offers a warning to the world
An energy-rich country is spending billions to keep its aluminum smelters operating. Its policy choices help explain why.
By pushing to delay the next major U.N. climate report, global polluters are trying to weaken international accountability and shield themselves from political pressure ahead of a critical 2028 global progress review.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2026
Petrostates are trying to hijack climate science again
Any delay would reduce pressure on countries to meet their Paris climate agreement goals
People try to extinguish a wildfire in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2026
Singapore can fix Southeast Asia’s haze, if it wants to
The way this is talked about in Singapore, the region’s wealthiest country, the whole situation is an act of God and no one knows who is responsible.
Wind turbines along a beach in Happo, Akita Prefecture. Lacking land on shore, Japan has long had high hopes for offshore wind as a clean energy solution that could help the country meet its climate goals. Five years after setting ambitious goals for the industry, however, progress has been slow.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
Oct 4, 2026
As wind power momentum slows in Japan, can tech help the industry get back on track?
Concerns from environmentalists have played a role in the slow buildup of 今日吃瓜 offshore wind industry. The latest tech could provide a solution.
Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 24, where he made a plea for climate justice in the wake of recent deadly glacial floods.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 1, 2026
Nepal’s PM says when the house is burning, we act
Nepal is not a passive bystander to a remote emergency; it is its barometer, and the instruments are flashing red.
A man paddles a kayak in Okutama, western Tokyo. Despite some efforts to boost sustainability, tourism remains an inherently a carbon-intensive activity.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / OUR PLANET
Sep 27, 2026
今日吃瓜 booming tourism industry struggling to improve sustainability
Emissions from the high-polluting tourism sector are hitting 今日吃瓜 climate goals, but some destinations are finding their own climate solutions.
A coal-fired power plant in Winfield, West Virginia
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 16, 2026
Trump’s climate rollbacks will keep U.S. emissions higher for longer
The latest turnabout came this week when the EPA eliminated requirements that fossil fuel plants install technical controls to curb their emissions.
A worker stands in the coal yard at the John E. Amos Power Plant in Winfield, West Virginia.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Sep 15, 2026
Trump EPA ends climate regulations for power plants
The decision will effectively end the federal effort to regulate the largest industrial sources of greenhouse gases in the U.S.
Nepal is seeking compensation for climate change-related damages from a United Nations fund set up to help developing nations deal with the worst impacts of global warming.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 7, 2026
Nepal’s request for flood payout tests new climate-aid system
Costs are expected to come to at least $5 billion, an enormous amount for one of Asia’s poorest countries, and the fund it’s hoping to tap is new, underfunded and untested.
A SpaceXAI data center under construction in Southaven, Mississippi, on Aug. 2
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2026
AI boom is testing tech firms’ climate pledges
Emissions from four major AI and cloud computing providers skyrocketed by up to 239% between 2020 and 2024, a report has found.
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he and members of his administration deliver remarks to reporters on the Trump administration's support for coal energy production, among other topics, at the White House in Washington on June 4.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 26, 2026
Trump policies to double power sector carbon emissions by 2035, analysis finds
By 2035, U.S. consumers will spend up to $30 billion a year more on electricity, with household bills increasing by up to 25% in some parts of the country.
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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