Archive for ‘japan’
Japan pledges $1.8 bln for green projects in Asia
November 21st, 2007
apanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda pledged 200 billion yen ($1.83 billion) in loans over the next five years for environmental projects in Asia, officials said on Wednesday. The projects include sewage disposal and sulphur dioxide scrubbing from power plant smoke stacks.
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Activists fear for humpback whales
November 18th, 2007
The Nisshin Maru, the 8,000-tonne flagship of Japan’s whaling fleet, left Shimonoseki port for the Antarctic along with catcher boats around midday on Sunday, environmental group Greenpeace said, adding that others in the fleet were expected to follow soon.
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Greenpeace campaigns for whales
January 25th, 2007
Greenpeace sets sail to combat whaling in Japan. International environmental group Greenpeace will set sail from New Zealand to start its 2007 anti-whaling campaign, again trying to come between Japanese whalers and their prey in the Southern Ocean
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