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Vietnam: Typhoon Kajiki Floods Streets of Hanoi, Halts Traffic

Typhoon Kajiki struck northern and central Vietnam, causing at least four deaths, multiple injuries, and extensive damage. Heavy rains and strong winds flooded streets in Hanoi, paralyzed traffic, and damaged thousands of homes and hectares of crops across Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, and Quang Tri provinces. Power outages affected thousands as electricity poles fell, and emergency services were deployed to assist residents and reinforce flood defenses. Flooding and landslide risks remain high, with authorities issuing alerts and evacuation plans in low-lying areas.

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Japan given infamous fossil award

Environmental nonprofit Climate Action Network sponsors an event to award the Fossil of the Day to countries failing in their climate change commitments. Japan, New Zealand and the United States received the award at the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, dubbed COP28, in Dubai on Dec. 3, 2023.

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Japan given infamous fossil award

Environmental nonprofit Climate Action Network sponsors an event to award the Fossil of the Day to countries failing in their climate change commitments. Japan, New Zealand and the United States received the award at the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, dubbed COP28, in Dubai on Dec. 3, 2023.

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Tsunami debris on U.S. shores

PORTLAND, United States - Azusa Kojima (L) and Hiroshi Kaneko of the Japan Environmental Action Network meet with U.S. groups on how to collaborate over the problem of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami landing on North American shores in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 6, 2012.

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U.S., Japanese NGOs meet over tsunami debris in N. America

PORTLAND, United States - Hiroshi Kaneko (C) and Azusa Kojima (R) of the Japan Environmental Action Network scout for trash on a beach and discuss the problem of marine debris with Dave Pittenger (2nd from R) of the U.S.-based NPO Ocean Conservancy and Cannon Beach City Manager Rich Mays (2nd from L) on Aug. 4, 2012, in Cannon Beach, Oregon. The beach visit kicked off a three-day meeting between the Japanese and U.S. NGOs about debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan that is headed for North America.

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Asia-Pacific environment ministers kick off Japan confab

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Environment ministers from 44 Asia-Pacific countries kick off a U.N.-sponsored meeting on Sept. 4 to chart new regional environmental action programs over the next five years and launch an intercity network to promote conservation. The two-day ministerial conference of the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) began in the city of Kitakyushu in southwestern Japan following a three-day meeting of high-level officials that ended Sept. 2.

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U.S., Japan named least cooperative in reducing global warming

LIMA, Peru - The Climate Action Network, a group representing environmental NGOs from around the world, holds a "Fossil of the Day" award ceremony in Lima, Peru, on Dec. 10, 2014, for countries considered uncooperative in reducing global warming. The United States and Japan were named joint recipients. (Kyodo)

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Fossil of the Day award

The Climate Action Network, a collective of worldwide environmental organizations, awards the Fossil of the Day, an award presented to countries failing in their climate change commitments, to Brazil and Japan during the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties on climate change, dubbed COP25, in Madrid on Dec. 11, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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COP25 in Madrid

The Climate Action Network, a collective of worldwide environmental organizations, awards the Fossil of the Day, an award presented to countries who are failing in their climate change commitments, to Brazil, Australia and Japan during a U.N. Climate Change Conference, known as COP25, in Madrid on Dec. 3, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asia-Pacific environment ministers kick off Japan confab

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Environment ministers from 44 Asia-Pacific countries kick off a U.N.-sponsored meeting on Sept. 4 to chart new regional environmental action programs over the next five years and launch an intercity network to promote conservation. The two-day ministerial conference of the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) began in the city of Kitakyushu in southwestern Japan following a three-day meeting of high-level officials that ended Sept. 2.