Charting the path to a fossil-free East Asia
By Liangyi Chang
Last month climate leaders from 10 Asian countries converge for 3 days of trainings, skillshares and bearing witness to the impacts of fossil-fueled development to communities, as part of the East Asia Climate Leadership Camp 2018.
The …
Marubeni pulls out of coal!
Joint statement by: Friends of the Earth-Japan, Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society and Kiko Network
Today, Marubeni Corporation (hereinafter, “Marubeni”), as part of its promotion of sustainable management, announced the following policies regarding its coal-fired …
Battle to oppose large-scale coal plants plays out in historic Japanese city threatened by sea-level rise
In Kobe, Japan, an activist group is facing off with a controversial company’s plans to build coal plants, and offering hope for the region’s future.……
‘Cool Bank Award’: Keeping it ‘Cool’ in a hot Japan
350 Japan team launched the ‘Cool Bank Award’ campaign, with the goal to acknowledge and support banks that do not have relationships with the fossil fuel or nuclear industry, thus doing their part to keep the earth ‘cool’.……
Deadly rains in Japan point to growing impacts of climate change
Record rainfall across western Japan caused flooding of rivers and landslides. To date, 176 lives are known to have been lost in 13 prefectures. Dozens of people remain unaccounted for and hundreds of thousands of displaced residents are living in …
Mitsubishi UFJ the most irresponsible bank
350.org Japan presented Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) with the “Most Irresponsible Bank Award 2018” as part of a demonstration at MUFG’s shareholder meeting in Tokyo today. MUFG, together with the two other major financial groups in the country, have …
Tell Japan’s Big Banks: Stop Funding Coal
Japanese banks are some of the largest funders of fossil fuel projects in the world. While other global banks have come under fire for funding climate-destroying projects, Japan’s big three banks — Mizuho, Mitsubishi, and Sumitomo Mitsui haven’t felt the …
Let’s Divest : Moving our money toward a fossil free future.
On December 12, the second anniversary of the Paris agreement, the 350 Japan team concluded the “Let’s Divest” campaign – to encourage individuals and organisations in Japan to move their money from fossil and nuclear banks to “earth-friendly banks” that …
Uprising Against Japan’s Coal Addiction
By Marie Tanao
“Clean coal” is a myth. Japan is behind the rest of the world in recognizing this truth.
In 1992, the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade (METI) then known as the Ministry of International Trade and Industry …
Japanese groups protest the United States’ exit from the Paris Agreemtn
A concerned group of citizens gathered in the front of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo to take part in an emergency action hosted by Greenpeace Japan and 350.org Japan to protest the U.S. exit from the Paris Agreement.
In a …