Climate concert moves to Japan
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CHIBA, Japan  - Thousands of Japanese rocked to the rhythm of a virtual techno beat act on Saturday in the second of nine concerts worldwide aimed at persuading the globe to go green.
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The first of nine concerts across the globe aimed at persuading millions of fans to go green for the environment swung into life in Sydney on Saturday with fiery vocals and a distinctive Australian beat.
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In Japan, where one fifth of the population is now over 65, a preview of a global future.
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Music stars will take part in eight concerts around the world in July to highlight the threat of global warming.
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Japan will propose the development and introduction of technology to save energy and help control global warming at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to be held in December in Argentina.
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Japan urged China to use its growing influence to make an impact on key global issues such as climate change during summit talks Friday that reflected the countries' warmer ties.
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Japan called Thursday for the world to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, proposing a successor to the Kyoto Protocol it hopes will win over top offenders the United States and China.
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Glastonbury, the world's biggest open air arts and music festival, on Thursday made environmental issues a pillar of the three-day event by launching its "I Count" campaign to stop climate change.
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Live Earth concerts on Saturday meant to spur action to fight global warming must first tackle another environmental hazard -- mountains of trash and thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gases caused by the events.
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At Live Earth, a planetwide series of concerts, the highest ranks of the pop aristocracy will use their fame to persuade a global audience that climate change is not only an urgent problem but one they can help solve.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey  - Some of the world's biggest pop stars from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Madonna and The Police played Live Earth concerts worldwide on Saturday to urge fans and governments to fight global warming.
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An unseasonal chill had some cabinet ministers shivering in their short-sleeved shirts as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched Japan&#39;s annual &quot;Cool Biz&quot; fashion campaign to save energy and fight global warming.
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Japan aims to put global warming top of the agenda as it takes over the chairmanship of the G8.
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The Live Earth concerts and Denmark's Roskilde Festival are to be honoured with environmental awards at the music industry's biggest annual event.
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Japan is trying to take the lead on climate change at this week's G-8 summit, but the world's second-largest economy is falling behind on its existing obligations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Environmental activists led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore announced plans on Thursday for a 24-hour pop concert across seven continents in July to mobilize action to stop global warming.
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The global concert series was a target for cynics, but it should be measured by its political impact, not its carbon footprint