Kyodo News - Category

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Japan seeks international emission standards for ships

TOKYO, Feb. 4 KYODO

Japan has submitted to the International Maritime Organization a proposal to introduce international rules on the carbon dioxide emissions of maritime traffic as a measure to curb global warming, government sources said Thursday.

Ministry eyes 15-25% emissions cuts by 2020 via domestic efforts

TOKYO, Feb. 3 KYODO

The Environment Ministry presented Wednesday its preliminary plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Japan by 15 to 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020 through domestic efforts, providing details of the country's goal to cut emissions by 25 percent in the same time frame.

Benthic moss pillars in Antarctic lake

Jan. 30 TOKYO, Japan

A diver works near Benthic moss pillars on the bottom of a lake around 40 kilometers south of Japan's Showa Station in Antarctica on Jan. 22, 2010. Members of the Japanese Antarctic expedition team found the moss pillars measuring 20-50 centimeters high at a depth of eight meters. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

Headlines

Feb.09	18:00	Novelist Wahei Tatematsu dies at 62
Feb.09	17:19	Police act against lumber firm for endangering giant salamanders
Feb.09	15:55	Novelist Wahei Tatematsu dies at 62
Feb.09	13:54	Cosmo Oil to buy Ebara unit to enter wind power business
Feb.09	12:28	U.S. study disputes increase in Antarctic minke whale population
Feb.08	17:56	Japanese 'research whaling' ship obstructed by Sea Shepherd
Feb.08	16:08	Greenpeace activists protest at Japan embassy in Indonesia over trial
Feb.08	11:56	Nippon Steel's Nagoya works raided over alkaline discharge
Feb.07	00:21	Japanese whaling ship rams protest boat: Sea Shepherd
Feb.06	20:21	Japanese whaling ship rams protest boat: Sea Shepherd
Feb.06	19:31	Japanese whaling ship rams protest boat: Sea Shepherd
Feb.06	02:57	U.N. conservation body backs proposed ban on bluefin tuna trade
Feb.06	02:35	U.N. conservation body backs proposed ban on bluefin tuna trade
Feb.05	19:47	U.S.-born pandas arrive in China
Feb.04	19:39	Japan seeks international emission standards for ships
Feb.04	18:39	Okada, N.Z. minister affirm cooperation over collision incident
Feb.04	17:17	Some of Japan's oldest human bones found on Ishigaki Island
Feb.03	21:40	Indonesia foils attempt to smuggle 3,500 threatened turtles
Feb.03	15:09	Ministry eyes 15-25% emissions cuts by 2020 via domestic efforts
Feb.03	13:53	Ministry eyes 15-25% emissions cuts by 2020 via domestic efforts
Feb.02	20:12	Mexico's Calderon urges all nations to do their part to stop warming
Feb.02	14:50	Mexico's Calderon urges all nations to do their part to stop warming
Feb.01	22:35	Japan, Mexico to work toward success of climate talks, revamp FTA
Feb.01	21:08	Japan, Mexico to work toward success of climate talks, revamp FTA
Jan.30	23:11	Japan, U.S. to launch talks on cooperation in nuclear forensics
Jan.29	22:00	Rocket developer Galaxy Express to disband
Jan.29	21:42	1st ministerial conference on tiger conservation held in Thailand
Jan.29	13:34	Japan, China ink project to diversify ibis habitat areas in China
Jan.28	21:38	Honda makes machine to produce hydrogen for fuel cell cars at home
Jan.26	22:17	Japan registers 25% emissions cut goal under Copenhagen Accord
Jan.26	19:29	Monaco proposes temporary fishing ban on bluefin tuna
Jan.26	17:31	Tiger population in Greater Mekong 'on the brink': WWF
Jan.25	16:10	1-3% still suffer PTSD from 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima
Jan.25	08:25	Emerging nations confirm submission of CO2 targets by Jan. 31
Jan.23	11:03	Japan to cooperate with China on measures to counter air pollution
Jan.22	11:40	Seed plants found at warming Mt. Fuji peak
Jan.22	02:11	Mercury levels of whale-eating town's residents 10 times Japan average
Jan.21	07:01	Geography info important tool for environment, disaster response
Jan.20	19:22	Rare whale carcass found in southern Japan island
Jan.19	20:33	Japan decides to include U.S. cars in 'eco-car' subsidy program