Kyoto

In Japan, A Trip Back In Time

Dane Steele Green | Posted 05.25.2012

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There are two Japans. One is the tangible, modern nation of today, the LED-spangled cities and bullet trains. The other is more ephemeral, the mystical psychological landscape of the nation's past.

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PHOTOS: Hanging Out In A Japanese Monkey Park

Thomas Shomaker | Posted 05.09.2012

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The most important rule is to avoid making prolonged eye contact with the monkeys, which is taken as a sign of aggression and responded to in kind.

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Minivan Crashes Into Pedestrians In Kyoto, Killing 8

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 04.13.2012

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TOKYO -- A minivan ran through an intersection and struck pedestrians in a tourist-packed area of Kyoto on Thursday, killing eight people including th...

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The country is an incredibly beautiful, inspiring place. I was struck by the kindness and patience I was greeted with everywhere I went, despite my inability to speak the language and also with the resilience of the Japanese people in light of all the disasters they have faced in recent years.

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WATCH: Shakira Is 'Crazy About Skrillex'

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 03.09.2012

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Shakira wants everyone to know that she's "crazy about Skrillex!" In a recent video posted on her Youtube channel and Twitter, the Colombian singer st...

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Joining the Peace Corps (part 2) or, a Buddha, a Belgian Priest (and the Brothel)

Amy Lennard Goehner | Posted 04.24.2012

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When I walked in, it looked like a cozy tea room parlor. Several sober women amidst of sea of not-at-all-sober men whisked me upstairs and closed the sliding door. A door with panes made of paper. They guided me to the grandmother's room down the hall -- off limits to men.

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Pan Am Memories of My Adventures to Tokyo and Kyoto

Carole Mallory | Posted 03.18.2012

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At Tokyo's airport I kissed Michael 'goodbye' and gave him my address in New York, but after a few letters, I never heard from him again. 'Tokyo Michael' was how I remembered him and don't regret one moment we spent together.

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Elizabeth May: Kyoto Withdrawal Breaking The Law

CBC | Posted 02.12.2012

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his government are breaking the law by withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol, Green Party Leader Elizabet...

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Canada To Quit Kyoto?

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 11.29.2011

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Global climate talks got an inauspicious start in Durban, South Africa, on Monday with reports that Canada planned to withdraw fully from the Kyoto P...

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Beautiful Gardens The World Over

Black Tomato | Posted 12.18.2011

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Let us take you on a tour of some of the most magnificent gardens from around the globe. There's no window boxes here, just acres and acres of the grassy stuff.

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If Kyoto Dies In Durban, It Will Be A Death Knell For The Climate Fight

The Guardian | Posted 12.12.2011

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At the opening ceremony of Climate Week New York last month, Tony Blair drew a laugh from the crowd when he quipped: "It's a relief after the weeks I'...

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The Niwano Peace Prize Goes to Sulak Sivaraksa

Katherine Marshall | Posted 10.08.2011

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Rather little known in the United States, the Niwano laureates are an impressive group and the aspiration is that this prize be a spiritual equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Bill Clinton: 14 Ways To Fix The Job Crisis

Newsweek | Bill Clinton | Posted 08.20.2011

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Next week in Chicago, the Clinton Global Initiative will focus on America for the first time, inviting business and political leaders to make specific...

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Kyoto's Subway System

Amy Chavez | Posted 08.08.2011

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I go to Kyoto once a year. I get lost in Kyoto once a year. Kyoto makes no sense to me. I'm more of a Tokyo girl. Give me a handful of subway lines and trains to navigate and I'm fine. Give me just two and I'm lost.

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Japan's Fuji, Mountain of My Birth

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011

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In July and August, an estimated 200,000 people climb Fuji. It's so easy that many make the climb at night to see sunrise from the summit.

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Time for a Different Way

Doug Noll | Posted 05.25.2011

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What do the stalled Middle East peace talks and just completed climate change negotiations in Cancun have in common? Essentially, both problems are di...

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Shopping in Kyoto's Kitchen

Matt Browner Hamlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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This is the third installment of my No Baggage Challenge for Charity. Read about why I am traveling to Japan for ten days with no bags here and see ex...

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No Baggage Challenge for Charity

Matt Browner Hamlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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This summer travel writer Rolf Potts went around the world in forty-two days, with no baggage. Now I'm taking up a No Baggage Challenge -- but it's for charity.

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Sanjusangendo

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 05.25.2011

Heaven, may I be a Yurikamome amid Chrysanthemum flowers at Gion Matsori? High over Yasaka, show me a bird's eye view of Kannon, the god of mercy Bo...

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Carbon Emissions: China Accuses US Of Sabotaging Kyoto

guardian.co.uk | John Vidal, Environment Editor in Bangkok | Posted 05.25.2011

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The US and other developed countries are attempting to "fundamentally sabotage" the Kyoto protocol and all-important international negotiations over i...

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Copenhagen Goals Scaled Back: World Leaders Put Off Climate Change Treaty

TIME | Bryan Walsh Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 | Posted 05.25.2011

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Confirming doubts that had been growing for months, the world leaders in attendance at APEC -- along with Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen -...

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Hopenhagen: Your Passport To The Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

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On December 7, leaders from 192 countries will gather in Copenhagen to determine the future of our planet.

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Obama, Arnold, And The Renewed Climate Change Fight

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite many rumors, don't look for Schwarzenegger in the Obama administration, at least not now, though candidate Obama mentioned him several times as someone he'd like to appoint.

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The Big Green Bus: Ex-Diesel Goes Veggie

Patrick Pfeiffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The recent ramping up in production of biodiesel and ethanol has brought forth some bad rap to the alternative fuels world. The negative side to increased biodiesel and ethanol production includes . . .

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The G8 Punts on Climate Change

Walden Bello | Posted 05.25.2011

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The G8's endorsement of a 50% reduction in emissions by 2050 is a giant step backward and may have effectively undermined the prospects for an effective global climate strategy for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.

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