The Japanese town turning cowpats into hydrogen fuel
In Japan, a smelly waste product is being reimagined as a potential clean fuel of the future that is powering cars and ...
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Hokkaido bullet train extension delayed 8 years, rattling local communities
In Sapporo, surging costs have forced JR Hokkaido and partners to reevaluate redevelopment plans for the area near the future ...
Japan's worst wildfire in half a century spreads
Firefighters were Tuesday battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the ...
The Manila Times on MSN7d
Japan’s worst wildfire in 50 years brought under control—mayor
Tokyo, Japan—Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century, which killed at least one person, has been brought under ...
Japan Fights Its Largest Wildfire in More Than 30 Years
The fire, in a forested area of the coastal city of Ofunato, killed at least one person and prompted evacuation orders for ...
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Artisans Try to Hold Onto the Ainu Culture of Japan
Torii gates at the entrance to Akan-Mashu National Park on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan. The area has long been home to a concentrated population of Indigenous people ...
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The Japanese farm turning cow manure into hydrogen fuel
In Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, a first-of-its kind project is transforming cow manure into hydrogen fuel, providing a clean energy source with zero carbon emissions. Extracting methane ...
The Japan Times12d
Hokkaido trucking industry faces challenges from overtime cap
Without the well-developed road infrastructure of many parts of Honshu, it has never been easy to be a truck driver in ...
Purdue Exponent12d
Rain offers relief as Japan battles worst wildfire in 50 years
It has engulfed around 2,900 hectares (7,170 acres) -- over eight times the area of New York City's Central Park -- making it ...
Voice of America12d
Japan's worst wildfire in half a century spreads
That makes it Japan's largest wildfire since 1975 when 2,700 hectares burnt in Kushiro on northern Hokkaido island. It is estimated to have damaged at least 80 buildings by Sunday, although ...
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Japan's worst wildfire in 50 years brought under control: mayor
It surpassed the 2,700 hectares burnt by a 1975 fire on Hokkaido island Firefighters battling a wildfire in Ofunato city of Iwate Prefecture. AFP Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century ...
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Japan's worst wildfire in half a century is spreading
Firefighters were battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the evacuation of ...