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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.
Vessels take part in a Thai royal barge procession on the Chao Phraya River for the offering ceremony of the royal kathin robes to Buddhist monks at Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) on the occasion of Queen Suthida's 48th birthday, which fell in June, in Bangkok on Nov. 6.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 11, 2026
Thailand to raise arsenic-tainted rivers in talks with Myanmar
Arsenic levels surged to as much as 30 times the Thai standard, threatening drinking water and farmland in the country’s north.
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.
Kenyan researchers from a Save the Elephants research camp operate a surveillance drone, as environmental groups around the world adopt AI to analyze climate data, track forest fires and count endangered wildlife, at the Samburu National Reserve in Samburu County, Kenya, on Nov. 4.
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 9, 2026
Environmental groups embrace AI, even as they warn of data center impacts
The contradiction is forcing organizations to justify their AI use in carrying out missions to combat climate change or protect natural resources.
Syrian refugee workers lay an irrigation pipe at a pistachio plantation in Karkamis, Turkey.
WORLD
Nov 9, 2026
War drove refugees into Turkey. Climate change is making it harder to leave.
What’s happening in Turkey is an emblem of how, even when war ends, global warming can make displacement and destitution all but intractable for many.
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.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2026
Takaichi to skip U.N. climate summit in Turkey
It will mark the third consecutive year that a Japanese prime minister has not attended a U.N. climate summit.
A screenshot of the autumn foliage forecast on Japan Meteorological Corp.'s website
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2026
Fall foliage expected later than usual this year, weather forecaster says
Above-average temperatures are behind the slightly later season, as the bright yellows and crimsons of autumn are brought by colder weather.
A flock of sheep moves among solar panels at Talatan Solar Park in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, China, on Aug. 5.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2026
China’s solar push reshapes traditional ways of life on Tibet’s high plateau
Early signs suggest China’s projects sprawling over hundreds of acres on the vast Qinghai-Tibet plateau are boosting incomes for some.
People visit the India gate amid smog in New Delhi on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2026
Delhi chokes on ‘very poor’ air after cleanest October in years
The Indian capital’s winter pollution worsened a week ahead of the Diwali festival, when firecrackers typically intensify the haze.
An election night event for former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat from Alaska and U.S. Senate candidate, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 5, 2026
What the Democratic U.S. midterm sweep means for climate and clean energy
After a historic election win Tuesday, Democrats are expected to step up scrutiny of the Trump administration’s record on the environment.
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.
The Finance Ministry on Monday sold its fifth climate transition bond of the year, but only 4% of the proceeds from this fiscal year’s transition bond sales will go toward making renewable energy a major power source.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2026
Japan extends transition bond push despite fossil-fuel reliance
Japanese government bonds have rallied alongside other so-called safe-haven assets in recent weeks as technology-sector jitters unsettled investors.
People ski on a slope covered with artificial snow at the Kotobiki Forest Park ski resort in the town of Iinan in Shimane Prefecture in December last year.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Nov 2, 2026
Lack of snow a headache for ski resorts in the Chugoku region
While snowmaking machines are becoming a necessity, even artificial snow melts in high temperatures, leading to fewer days of operation per season.
A man uses a tree branch to try to extinguish a peatland fire in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, on Oct. 22.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 30, 2026
Fire pollution killed 3,560 people in Indonesia in September, report says
The same month, about 57.8 million people in Indonesia were inhaling unhealthy to hazardous air, according to a new study.
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.
Nippon Yusen President Takaya Soga (third from left) and others pose for photos in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2026
Japan shipping and energy firms join hands to promote ammonia-powered vessels
They will also work toward establishing supply chains for ammonia, which is gaining attention as a fuel with low carbon dioxide emissions.
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.
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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