May 18, 2023 Doraemon is back from the future by Jenny Tuazon It’s not everyday that we see a vibrant scene outside the Japanese Embassy: climate activists, prepped with...
May 15, 2023 Japan’s “Green (Transformation)-Washing” strategy, explained. Through its new “Green Transformation” (GX) strategy, Japan is promoting fossil gas as a transition fuel and is...
May 10, 2023 No, Japan, ammonia co-firing will not reduce emissions The Japanese government is promoting the use of ammonia as a fuel for co-firing in coal power plants as...
August 2, 2022 Fighting Japanese fossil finance from the inside out Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC Group), one of Japan’s three megabanks, held its annual general shareholders’ meeting on June 29....
November 16, 2021 COP26: Asian Youth Demand for Real Climate Action The Philippines In the lead up to COP26 in the Philippines on the 27th of October, activists from 350...
September 8, 2021 Looking back at the Asia Solidarity Lab The Asia Solidarity Lab, which took place between August 26 and 28 2021, drew in over 1000 registrants from over 60 countries, an immense achievement...
July 14, 2020 Stand with environmental defenders in the Philippines Filipino environmental and climate defenders face the prospect of authoritarianism with the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 recently signed by Philippine...
July 9, 2020 Japan’s floods and the pandemic: why we need a Just Recovery Record-breaking rains have been wreaking havoc in central and southern Japan for a week now, and more torrential rain is...
June 7, 2020 Activism is not terrorism While communities, especially the most vulnerable ones, grapple with the double threat of the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis,...
April 28, 2020 3 Japanese megabanks move closer to ending fossil fuel finance Over the last few days, we’ve seen 3 major Japanese financial institutions take steps towards ending fossil fuel finance. 5...
