Japan: 1/12 of 12
Tsunami stalls Japan's Dall’s porpoise slaughter, but for how long?
Clare Perry
17th November, 2011
The Japanese tsunami appears to have temporarily halted the annual Dall's porpoise hunt. Pity the Taiji dolphins haven't been spared too, says the Environmental Investigation Agency's Clare Perry more...
The Ecologist December 1971: Japan’s ‘economic miracle’
George Blacksell
1 December, 2011
Forty years ago this month The Ecologist reported on the environmental implications of the rise of the Japanese economy. In the wake of the recent earthquake and associated nuclear fears has it cleaned up its act?more...
Eco eatery: Soseki
Jemima Roberts
12th April, 2011
A city fish bar that cares more than most about sustainability; Jemima Roberts puts Soseki to the test to find out whether its food is as good as its principles more...
TAKE ACTION on nuclear power
Matilda Lee
18th March, 2011
With the Japanese nuclear disaster still unfolding, make your voice heard on Britain's sustainable energy future: say no to nuclear... more...
Lessons for Japan from the Chernobyl catastrophe
Ian Sample, guardian science correspondent
18th March, 2011
The Fukushima nuclear plant crisis appears less dangerous than the 1986 Chernobyl disaster – but the risk of radiation spreading wide remains more...
Financial problems could wipe out commercial whaling
Peter Nolan-Smith
5th January, 2011
Commercial whaling by many nations continues despite an international ban and widescale condemnation. What may end the practice, argues Peter Nolan-Smith, is that the financial incentives are starting to dry up more...
Travelling to Japan by sea
Ewan Kingston
9th September, 2009
Ewan continues his journey by ferry from China to Japan but is still unsure if he's taken the most eco-friendly option more...
Japan commits to 25 per cent cut in CO2 emissions
Ecologist
7th September
New Prime Minister's plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions face strong opposition from Japanese industrial sector more...
Japanese turn to farming to find fulfilment
Hiroyo Hasegawa
23rd July, 2009
Growing in popularity in Japan, a new environmental lifestyle choice is helping people grow their own food, reconnect with the land and pursue more fulfilling vocations more...
Extent of agricultural land-grab revealed on new website
Eifion Rees
22nd June, 2009
With rich, resource-poor nations increasingly outsourcing their food production to less developed nations, a new website aims to expose the extent of the agricultural land-grab epidemic more...
Snow time: Japanese authorities use a 200m-wide pile of insulated snow to cool Hokkaido airport
News
15th April, 2009
Groundstaff at Japan’s Hokkaido airport must be the only team in the world trying to save the snow that collects on the taxi-ways, rather than get it to melt as quickly as possible. more...
A load of hot air?
Phil Moore
9th July, 2008
Consensus without commitment on climate change is the result of this year’s group of eight summit in Hokkaido, Japan. more...
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