Japan is hoping startups can help the fifth-biggest carbon dioxide polluter prepare for and adapt to a warmer world. The Environment Ministry is offering ¥60 billion ($415 million) of support for the commercialization of homegrown climate and ...

The year 1989 was a turning point in Japan's environmental policy. The concept of sustainable development from Our Common Future (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987) had taken hold, public concern about global environmental problems was ...