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Sustainability

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Sustainability
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Indigenous Chief Bepdjo Mekragnotire, of Kayapo ethnic group, speaks during interview at the Village of Pykany, Menkragnoti Indigenous Territory, southwestern Para State, Brazil, on May 21.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
New gold rush threatens indigenous havens in Brazil’s Amazon
"We have to expel them, otherwise, they'll just keep pushing in," said Indigenous chief Bepdjo Mekragnotire.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Trees taking drastic measures to survive climate-driven heat
Countless trees across Europe's forests are adopting drastic — and often fatal — strategies to survive worsening heat and drought linked to climate change.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / OUR PLANET
Japan’s automotive industry is driving — slowly — toward a greener future
While major carmakers have committed to cut emissions, the industry's slow shift to EVs means that it faces a high hurdle if it wants to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
Farmers separate wheat grains from husks at a farm on the outskirts of Varanasi, India, on Tuesday.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Apr 15, 2026
India’s green fuel plans collide with farmers’ water fears
By Bhasker Tripathi
India, which imports 80% of its oil and gas, has made ethanol central to its clean energy plans and, as war in the Mideast impacts the price and supply of oil, its energy security.
A worker sorts dismantled electronic parts at Ecowork, an e-waste recycling facility in Ghaziabad, India, on Feb. 12.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Feb 18, 2026
Junk to high-tech: India bets on e-waste for critical minerals
By Arunabh SAIKIA and Uzmi ATHAR
Global worries about China's dominance as a critical minerals producer has galvanized New Delhi to ramp up extracting materials essential for it to become an AI hub.
A drone view shows waste, including plastic bottles, used tires and various nonorganic waste, floating on the Drina river, creating a floating rubbish dump, in Visegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Friday.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Feb 8, 2026
Chile’s climate summit chief to lead plastic pollution treaty talks
By Robin Millard
"Plastic pollution is a planetary problem that affects everyone: every country, every community and every individual," career diplomat Julio Cordano warned after being elected.
The Jaguari-Jacarei dam during a drought in Joanopolis, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Three-quarters of the world’s population — about 6.1 billion people — now live in countries where freshwater supplies are insecure or critically insecure, according to U.N. report.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Jan 23, 2026
Water ‘bankruptcy’ era has begun for billions, scientists say
By Danielle Bochove
Chronic overuse of groundwater, forest destruction, land degradation and pollution have caused irreversible freshwater loss in many parts of the world.
The government has set a target of reducing the amount of clothing discarded from households by 25% by fiscal 2030 from the level in fiscal 2020.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Jan 4, 2026
Japan to draw up action plan to reduce clothing waste
The ministry estimates that Japanese households bought around 770,000 tons of clothes in 2024, while about 510,000 tons ended up incinerated or dumped into landfills.
Workers operate at the sewing section of a factory, in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on Nov. 18.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Dec 18, 2025
Step aside fashion police, here comes fashion immigration
Clothes destined for Europe could soon require digital passports to prove their green credentials, opening a new era of transparency for the world’s $1.7 trillion fashion industry.
A person walks along a bridge over a drainage channel blocked by plastic waste in Accra, Ghana.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Dec 3, 2025
The world’s plastic glut is set to get much worse by 2040, study finds
By Leslie Kaufman
Global plastic pollution will hit 280 million metric tons per year by 2040, or a dump truck’s worth every second.

Sony takes final bow as standalone TV maker with new Bravia sets
The newest Sony Bravia TVs are likely the brand's final high-end television sets before its TV and home theater business merges with TCL next year.
Deeply entrenched gender roles a key factor in Japan’s low birthrate
Hiroya Masuda (center), head of the Forum for the Future We Choose, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo in March.
Japan’s 2025 census reflects steepest fall in population on record, data shows
Japan's population saw the largest decline on record in 2025, but Tokyo continued to mark a rise in the number of residents.
New Taiwan-Japan ferry service debuts on ship that has war evacuation role
The Yaima Maru ferry, which will operate between Taiwan and Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, is docked in Keelung, Taiwan, Thursday.
Japan and Philippines agree to elevate ties to new level amid China concerns
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. before a meeting at the Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo on Thursday.
Built for speed: Inside Japan’s child protection system
The Children and Families Agency says language should not be a barrier to calling the 189 hotline.
Record number of students in Japan need help learning Japanese
How Japanese-language instruction is provided currently varies widely according to region.
Why youths have become central to tokuryū crimes
With the proliferation of smartphones and growth of an internet-savvy generation, the application pool for dodgy jobs posted on social media or apps like Timee — which matches companies with job-seekers for one-off jobs — began to skew younger.
Even at home, American shoppers are flocking to Japanese supermarkets
Tokyo Central staff offer handroll sushi at its Emeryville outlet in California.
Japan’s automotive industry is driving — slowly — toward a greener future
Toyota's bZ4X electric vehicle at an international car show in Indonesia in August 2023. At 10% of Japan’s economy, the automotive industry is a pillar of the nation.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Community programs and tracking systems are expanding across Japan as local governments search for ways to prevent dementia-related disappearances.
He told his wife he was ‘coming home.’ Then he disappeared.
By Alex K.T. Martin

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