Since December, civil society protests have marked the Japanese government’s drafting of its basic energy and climate action ...

Worldwide warming temperatures are hammering roads that were built for a different climate and ballooning repair budgets.

Tourism, climate goals and animal rights concerns are sparking a plant-based renaissance in a country famous for sushi and ...

Last year's record summer heat and heavy rain ruined crops, driving up the cost of the leafy green in what media have dubbed ...

Japan's much-loved tonkatsu pork cutlets come with a mound of freshly shredded cabbage, but a surge in the price of the humble vegetable has prompted chef Katsumi Shinagawa to skimp on servings. The ...

Due to climate change, cabbage prices have surged in Japan. Japan's much-loved "tonkatsu" pork cutlets come with a mound of freshly shredded cabbage, but a surge in the price of the humble ...

This year's festival came dangerously close to being cancelled, before it was saved by a last-minute snowfall Japan's Sapporo ...

Climate change has made extreme weather more frequent and heatwaves more intense worldwide. Last year Japan sweltered through its joint hottest summer since records began, followed by its warmest ...

Though challenges remain, it’s gotten easier and easier to go vegan in Japan over the last decade. “Climate issues and animal issues are growing,” Maeda said. “For me, I can’t imagine ...