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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.

ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / OUR PLANET

May 24, 2026

Japan’s automotive industry is driving — slowly — toward a greener future

By Eric Margolis

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.

Peelable paper tubes for a solid perfume made from mineral paper on display at Yonwoo's cosmetic packaging factory in Incheon, South Korea

ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability

Apr 15, 2026

Iran war promises green edge for Asia as plastic packaging runs short

By Minwoo Park, Kaori Kaneko and John Geddie

Across Asia, changes that ?environmental groups have sought for decades are quickly being adopted, even if they may prove a short-term flip.

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.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Social camouflaging can help neurodivergent people navigate social situations, but researchers say the effort often comes with significant emotional and mental strain.

The challenge of being neurodivergent in Japan’s culture of conformity

By Tomoko Otake

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