The year 1989 was a turning point in Japan's environmental policy. The concept of sustainable development from Our Common Future (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987) had taken hold, ...

Japan is hoping startups can help the fifth-biggest carbon dioxide polluter prepare for and adapt to a warmer world. The Environment Ministry is offering ¥60 billion ($415 million) of support for the ...

Military vehicles carrying DF-5B liquid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) march in a military parade in Beijing, China, Sep. 3, 2015. China’s military build-up has sparked Japan to ...

Tokyo — Construction workers stole and sold potentially radioactive scrap metal from near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Japanese environment ministry said on Thursday. The materials ...

Shortly after returning from his first leaders-level visit to Washington, D.C., Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sat down with Newsweek for an exclusive interview in his Tokyo office to discuss ...