Japan decision to abandon carbon target a ‘slap in the face’
Environmental groups are outraged by Japan’s announcement at the Warsaw climate change summit that it is abandoning a target to reduce carbon emissions by 2020.
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Japan says it is still trying to secure the release of two Japanese hostages held by Islamic State group militants after a deadline to pay ransom for their release passed.
Heavy snow and damaging winds have battered Hokkaido in northern Japan. Up to 70cm of snow has fallen, with wind gusts around 80mph, cancelling 420 flights and leaving thousands without electricity.
People in Japan saw a sparkling light race across the sky on Monday evening. Experts say it may have been a “fireball” meteor – a piece of an asteroid that ignites upon entering earth’s atmosphere.
A Japanese tech firm has created the perfect ping pong player – a robot that analyses the trajectory and velocity of the ball. The robot is designed to keep rallies going rather than defeat opponents.
French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi is undergoing surgery following a severe head injury in the Japanese Grand Prix.
Rescuers at the peak of a Japanese volcano find what may be five new victims of Saturday’s eruption, with at least 36 people feared dead.
Hundreds of people including children are stranded on Mount Ontake when it erupts, with more than 30 people feared dead as ash pours two miles down the volcano’s side.
A landslide on the outskirts of the city of Hiroshima, triggered by torrential rain, has left at least 27 people dead, including several children.
Hundreds of flights are cancelled and hundreds of thousands are urged to evacuate, as a powerful typhoon hits south west Japan.
A Japanese oil tanker is gutted after bursting into flame off the coast of western Japan. Of the eight crew members, seven have been rescued – but the ship’s captain remains missing.
As a Japanese man is released after 48 years on death row – a new report shows that publicly disclosed executions jumped nearly 15 per cent in 2013.
Around 100 tonnes of highly radioactive water leaks from a tank in Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, in the worst incident of its kind since August 2013.
Five people die and 17 others are injured in an explosion at a chemicals plant in Japan.
A volcanic eruption off the coast of Japan forms a new island, experts and the Japanese coast guard say, in the first time volcanoes are known to have erupted in the area since the mid-1970s.
Environmental groups are outraged by Japan’s announcement at the Warsaw climate change summit that it is abandoning a target to reduce carbon emissions by 2020.