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COP3 climate conference in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Japan's Environment Agency chief Hiroshi Oki (R), who chaired the third conference of the parties (COP3) to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, shakes hands with Raul Estrada (L), chairman of the Committee of the Whole, the conference's top negotiating body, while UNFCCC executive secretary Michael Zammit-Cutajar (C) watches after adopting the Kyoto Protocol on Dec. 11, 1997, in the western Japan city of Kyoto. (Kyodo)

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Japan should be permanent member of U.N. Security Council: Finland

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 28. Kanerva said that Japan should play a greater role in addressing global warming issues by taking advantage of its technological expertise and rich experiences in spearheading the 1997 Kyoto Protocol framework.

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Japan sets new greenhouse gas emissions reduction target

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013, on a new greenhouse gas emission reduction target. The Japanese government decided the same day to aim at a 3.8 percent reduction from fiscal 2005 in its greenhouse gas emissions target for fiscal 2020, assuming the country's nuclear power plants remain offline. The new target represents an increase of about 3 percent from the Kyoto Protocol base year of fiscal 1990.

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Climate talks reach accord

DURBAN, South Africa - Xie Zhenhua (L), vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, and Todd Stern (R), U.S. climate talks envoy, are pictured at the U.N. climate talks in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 11, 2011. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, agreed to launch a new framework in 2020 including major emitters China and the United States aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions, while extending the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.

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Climate talks reach accord

DURBAN, South Africa - Participants applaud as the U.N. climate talks reach an accord in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 11, 2011. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, agreed to launch a new framework in 2020 including major emitters China and the United States aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions, while extending the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.

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Climate talks reach accord

DURBAN, South Africa - Christiana Figueres (front L), executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, and South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane hug after the U.N. climate talks reached an accord in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 11, 2011. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, agreed to launch a new framework in 2020 including major emitters China and the United States aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions, while extending the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.

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Environmentalists give tie to Japan minister

DURBAN, South Africa - Environmentalists give Japanese Environment Minister Goshi Hosono a necktie embroidered with a logo ''I (heart mark) KP,'' to be read as ''I love Kyoto Protocol,'' in Durban, South Africa, on Dec. 6, 2011, at the venue of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17.

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Harada inducted into Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Masazumi Harada (R), a doctor and expert on Minamata disease and mercury pollution, receives a certificate in Kyoto on Feb. 13, 2011, after being inducted into the Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto along with Elinor Ostrom, a Nobel laureate in economics and professor at Indiana University, and Jigme Singye Wangchuk, the former king of Bhutan. The award which is given in the name of Kyoto, the birthplace of the Kyoto Protocol, honors the achievements of those who have contributed to conservation of the global environment.

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Kan attacked in ad over climate

TOKYO, Japan - Civic groups mock Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan in a satirical ad in The Financial Times in its Dec. 9, 2010 edition for refusing to agree to set new commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol.

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COP 16 climate change conference

CANCUN, Mexico - Members of an environment conservation organization mount a rally in Cancun, Mexico, on Dec. 2, 2010, holding the characters ''KP'' which stand for Kyoto Protocol, and call on Japan for more active measures on the anti-global warming issue.

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Keio's forestation plan in China recognized as climate project

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 2008 shows Keio University researchers inspecting a forestation site in China's Shenyang. A forestation program being promoted by the university in China has been recognized by the Japanese government as a Clean Development Mechanism project under the Kyoto Protocol designed to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions, government officials said Dec. 29, 2009.

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China calls for Kyoto Protocol extension

NEW YORK, United States - Liu Zhenmin, China's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to reporters in New York on Dec. 11, 2009. Liu reiterated his country's position that the Kyoto Protocol should continue rather than be replaced.

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Japan has ''special'' role to play at Copenhagen and beyond: Ban

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks to a group of reporters from Japanese news organizations on Dec. 10, 2009, ahead of his trip to Copenhagen, where he is scheduled to open the high-level segment of the meeting on Dec. 15. He said Japan has a ''special'' role to play at a climate change conference taking place in the Danish capital and beyond, as global leaders grapple with striking a deal in crafting a treaty to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.

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U.N. chief confident about accord on post-Kyoto treaty

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Dec. 8, 2009. Ban expressed confidence that the international community will strike a deal on crafting a treaty to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol in the first half of 2010.

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Climate chief eyes comparing rich nations' efforts to cut CO2

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 14. He called for the creation of a ''platform'' to compare developed countries' efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so as to ensure ''fair'' national emissions reduction targets in a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol.

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U.N. climate change conference opens in Poznan

POZNAN, Poland - The U.N. climate change conference opens in Poznan, Poland, on Dec. 1 to discuss a new climate treaty for 2013 and beyond to succeed the Kyoto Protocol. The conference will last until Dec. 12.

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Key emitters aiming for 'difficult' medium-term CO2 cut targets

CHIBA, Japan - Koji Tsuruoka (L), director general for global issues at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Daniel Price, assistant to U.S. President George W. Bush for international economic affairs, speak at a press conference in Chiba on March 14. Senior officials involved in a U.S.-led meeting of the world's major greenhouse gas emitters tried to lay the groundwork for setting medium-term greenhouse gas reduction targets in a post-Kyoto Protocol framework, but their positions remained far apart.

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Fukuda unveils post-Kyoto climate plan, eyes nat'l emission targets

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech on Jan. 26 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Fukuda said Japan is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by setting a quantified national midterm target beyond the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol and urged other major polluters to follow suit.

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Fukuda unveils post-Kyoto climate plan, eyes nat'l emission targets

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech on Jan. 26 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Fukuda said Japan is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by setting a quantified national midterm target beyond the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol and urged other major polluters to follow suit.

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Fukuda unveils post-Kyoto climate plan, eyes nat'l emission targets

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech on Jan. 26 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Fukuda said Japan is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by setting a quantified national midterm target beyond the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol and urged other major polluters to follow suit.

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Japan vows more anti-global warming efforts in economic policy draft

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Hiroko Ota speaks at a press conference after a meeting of the government's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy on June 12. A revised draft of the government's economic and fiscal policy guidelines discussed at the meeting showed that Japan will make further efforts to fight against global warming by reviewing its plan to achieve goals under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and aiming at halving global greenhouse gas emissions from the current levels by 2050.

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Abe unveils climate change initiative to halve emissions by 2050

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech to Asian political and business leaders at a banquet at a Tokyo hotel on May 24. Abe unveiled a Japanese initiative featuring the goal of halving global greenhouse gas emissions from the current levels by 2050 to fight climate change and the creation of a new post-Kyoto Protocol framework.

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Maathai meets press ahead of leaving Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Wangari Maathai, Kenyan deputy environment minister and the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 21 ahead of leaving Japan for home. Maathai, in Japan on a nine-day visit since Feb. 14, gave a keynote speech in Kyoto to mark the Kyoto Protocol on global warming taking effect on Feb. 16.

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Kyoto Protocol spurs race to develop fuel cells

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. is to unveil a mobile phone information terminal equipped with a cartridge-type fuel cell at its pavilion in the 2005 World Exposition beginning on March 25 in Aichi Prefecture.

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(1)Kenya's Maathai calls makes keynote speech in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, delivers a keynote speech at a symposium held in Kyoto on Feb. 16 to mark the enforcement of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. She urged the international community to take joint actions to protect the environment.

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(2)Kenya's Maathai calls makes keynote speech in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai delivers a keynote speech at a symposium held in Kyoto on Feb. 16 to mark the enforcement of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.

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(5)Japan committed to attaining Kyoto Protocol target

TOKYO, Japan - Members of environment protection groups put their messages on a red-colored globe outside the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 16 in celebration of the enforcement of the Kyoto Protocol aimed to curb global warming.

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(3)Japan committed to attaining Kyoto Protocol target

TOKYO, Japan - Volunteers dressed in the disguise of polar bears distribute white and red ''manju'' (buns) in Tokyo's Ginza district in celebration of the coming into effect of the Kyoto Protocol to curb global warming on Feb. 16.

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(4)Japan committed to attaining Kyoto Protocol target

KYOTO, Japan - Citizens and members of environmental groups parade in the city of Kyoto on Feb. 16 in celebration of the enforcement of the Kyoto Protocol aimed to curb global warming.

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(1)Japan committed to attaining Kyoto Protocol target

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waives at journalists as he arrives at his office on Feb. 16. The premier indicated that Japan is firmly committed to attaining goals set under the Kyoto Protocol as the international treaty to curb global warming came into effect. ''We will compile a program to help attain the Kyoto Protocol target with additional measures,'' he said in a statement.

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(2)Japan committed to attaining Kyoto Protocol target

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda speaks at a press conference as the Kyoto Protocol to curb global warming came into effect on Feb. 16. Hosoda said the target set for Japan under the treaty is attainable if private businesses, households and public entities cooperate to fight global warming.

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(2)Kenyan Nobel peace laureate criticizes U.S. war against Iraq

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Maathai, the winning of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, plants a tree following her press conference in Kenya on Oct. 9. She criticized the United States launching the war against Iraq and for pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty to prevent global warming.

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(1)Kenyan Nobel peace laureate criticizes U.S. war against Iraq

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News for launching the war against Iraq and for pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty to prevent global warming.

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Kasyanov says Russia preparing to ratify Kyoto Protocol

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov tells Kyodo News in Moscow on Dec. 10 that his country is preparing to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming. He made the remark ahead of his visit to Japan next week.

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Russia may decide to ratify Kyoto Protocol in Sept.

MOSCOW, Russia - Russia may make a final decision on ratifying the Kyodo Protocol on curbing global warming in September, which could lead to it entering into effect as early as the beginning of 2004, Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko indicates in Moscow on Aug. 4. ''A most decisive moment will come in the fall'' on whether to ratify the protocol, Khristenko said in an interview with Kyodo News President Toyohiko Yamanouchi.

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Lower house OKs gov't proposal to ratify Kyoto Protocol

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawagauchi bows to members of the House of Representatives at the lower house plenary session in the Diet in Tokyo on May 21 after it approved a government proposal to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming.

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Nonprofit group leader starts tricycle taxi service in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Noriyuki Morita, leader of a nonprofit organization, who started offering tricycle taxi rides in downtown Kyoto on May 17, the first such service in Japan. ''I've always wanted to send a message to contribute to the protection of the environment from Kyoto, where the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming was adopted and where I was born and grew up,'' the 27-year-old Morita said.

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Environmental meet ends with rosy prospects on Kyoto pact

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Environment Minister Hiroshi Oki (L), South Korean Environment Minister Kim Myung Ja (C) and Xie Zhenhua, chief of China's State Administration of Environmental Protection, join hands in a Seoul hotel on April 21 after signing a joint communique expressing expectations the 1997 Kyoto Protocol will be enforced by the end of this year.

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Russia foot-dragging to block 2002 Kyoto pact enforcement

MOSCOW, Russia - Alexander Bedritsky, head of the Russian Federal Hydrometeorological and Environmental Monitoring Service, tells Kyodo News on April 12 that Russia is unlikely to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming by the year-end.

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Conference looks at making Japanese lifestyle greener

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Hikaru Nishida (C) chats with Yoichi Morishita (R), chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. at a meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 16, which the government launched to look at how Japanese can change their lifestyles so that the nation can achieve a cut in greenhouse gas emissions as mandated by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. At left is Akiko Nagashima, wife of former Yomiuri Giants baseball team manager Shigeo Nagashima.

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Japan eyes Kyoto pact enactment by end of environment summit

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Hiroshi Oki tells a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 13 he expects the Diet to approve the Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming to help it come into effect by the end of the environment summit in Johannesburg in September.

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Japan to work toward 2002 conclusion of Kyoto Protocol

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) tells a meeting of the global warming prevention headquarters at his official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 12 that his government will begin work to conclude in 2002 the 1997 Kyoto Protocol curbing global warming.

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Kawaguchi hints Japan will ratify Kyoto pact without U.S.

MARRAKECH, Morocco - Japanese Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi addresses the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Marrakech, Morocco on Nov. 7, 2001. She indicated that Japan will ratify the Kyoto Protocol on global warming without the United States if an agreement is made with other countries over mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other operational rules on the pact.

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Kawaguchi vows Japan's best efforts to reach accord at COP7

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi holds a news conference in Washington on Nov. 5 after briefing U.S. officials on Japan's position at the ongoing seventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Morocco. Japanese government sources said Tokyo has decided to ratify the Kyoto Protocol even without U.S. participation if the COP7 hammers out an agreement.

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Japan will make independent decision on Kyoto pact: Tanaka

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka speaks about Japan's diplomacy at a cabinet town meeting Nov. 3 in Wakayama, western Japan. Tanaka said Japan will make its own decision on how to deal with the 1997 Kyoto Protocol aimed at curbing global warming.

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Koizumi says Japan committed to 2002 goal for Kyoto pact

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks to reporters at his official residence in Tokyo on July 19 shortly before departing for the Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Genoa, Italy. Koizumi said Japan is committed to the goal of putting the Kyoto Protocol on combating global warming into force by 2002.

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Japan fails to persuade U.S. to reverse global warming policy

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi speaks at a press conference in Washington on July 13 following Japan-U.S. high-level talks on global warming. Japan failed to persuade Washington to reverse its decision to withdraw from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol aimed at fighting global warming, dashing hopes for an accord at a U.N. conference opening next week in Bonn, Germany, on the implementation of the protocol.

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Koizumi requests EU flexibility in Kyoto Protocol talks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi greets British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at his official residence in Tokyo on July 11. Koizumi urged the European Union to be flexible in negotiating details of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming at the upcoming U.N. climate talks in Germany.

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Japan, EU agree to keep urging U.S. to return to Kyoto pact

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) welcomes Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Lena Hjelm-Wallen, a member of the high-level delegation from the European Union, at her ministry July 9 in Tokyo prior to bilateral talks. The two sides agreed to continue urging the United States to return to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol framework to curb global warming.

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Koizumi, Blair to hold talks

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks to reporters at a hotel in London on July 1 about his planned meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on July 2. He said he expects the Kyoto Protocol on global warming and the U.S. missile defense scheme to be major topics in his talks with Blair.