Japan’s booming tourism industry struggling to improve sustainability
Emissions from the high-polluting tourism sector are hitting Japan's climate goals, but some destinations are finding their own climate solutions.
Emissions from the high-polluting tourism sector are hitting Japan's climate goals, but some destinations are finding their own climate solutions.
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NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Wheelchair racer Hirokazu Ueyonabaru, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, died on Saturday after being seri
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Saturday she and U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed during phone talks to collaborate
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KASAI, Hyogo -- A 64-year-old man at a flower center here has achieved a string of world firsts in the difficult cultivation of carnivorous plants, ea
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CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Around 100,000 Nishikigoi ornamental carp ready for sale were swept away after heavy rain caused by a typhoon breached some le
