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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and visiting U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell agreed Tuesday to discuss ways to improve procedures under the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement and continue

Japan may ratify the Kyoto Protocol to reduce global warming even if the United States does not, Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi indicated Monday. Japan "needs to prepare for ratification of

The Bush administration's top environmental official said yesterday she was pleased the global climate accord reached this week in Germany without U.S. participation allows countries to use their

Officials from some 180 nations haggled yesterday over the fine print of a deal to salvage the Kyoto accord - agreed in principle - which will force most rich nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Fresh from saving the planet, ministers from 180-odd governments roared away from Bonn's main conference hotel in fleets of powerful limousines, air conditioners humming against the muggy Rhineside

Canada said yesterday it might clash again with the European Union over how to cut greenhouse gas emissions as the two sides continued talks at a global conference on fleshing out a modified version

U.S. Senate Democrats told a senior Bush administration official yesterday that the president's rejection of the Kyoto world climate change pact was "deplorable," while at the same hearing a leading

Pacific environmentalists gave cautious approval yesterday to a hard-fought compromise on the Kyoto accord that would force rich nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Mindful of the absence from

European newspapers hailed the hard-fought compromise on the Kyoto climate accord as a political victory over the United States, but questioned how much environmental value the new deal would have.

The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change has been saved, but only just. It has been agreed that there will be no cap on the role of carbon sinks, which will enable countries with large forest covers to

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