Posts tagged "Japan"
Tokyo-Born Baby Panda Dies of Pneumonia
A panda born at a zoo in Tokyo last week has died. Ueno Zoo said that the six-day giant panda died of pneumonia. A zoo guard found him not breathing, at the chest of his mother. The baby male, who had not yet been named, died an hour later, despite being subjected to cardiac...
Some 230,000 People Displaced Due to Heavy Rains in Kyushu
Around 230,000 people have been forced to flee their homes this Friday on the island of Kyushu, the third largest of Japan located in the south, because of the heavy rains that drench the region. Only in the Fukuoka prefecture, north of this island, some 121,000 people have been evacuated by the Japanese authorities....
An Increase on Funds to Prevent Deforestation
Good news for the environment comes from the Conference on Climate and Forests, a conference to be held these days in Oslo, Norway. Rich countries have decided to increase funding to combat deforestation. The funds will be increased to $ 4 billion, which is 500 million more than what had been agreed at the Copenhagen...
