Climate concert moves to Japan
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CHIBA, Japan  - Thousands of Japanese fans rocked to the rhythm of a virtual techno beat act as a global concert aimed at persuading millions of fans to go green for the environment moved onto a venue near Tokyo on Saturday.
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In eight major concerts, local and international celebrities backed solo and group acts to promote individual, corporate and government action to slow climate change.
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Live Earth beams 150 acts to an audience of 2bn ... burning more carbon than 3,000 Britons do in a year.
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Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Berlin on Tuesday ahead of his first G8 summit, saying the Asian power would use its clout to act as a go-between in the fraught debate on climate change.
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International broadcasters,  environmental activists and some of the biggest names in pop  music are in the starting blocks for one of the most ambitious  global media events of all time.
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Japan will give $10bn over five years to help developing nations fight global warming, a newspaper reports.
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Environmental activists led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore announced plans on Thursday for a worldwide string of pop concerts in July featuring like Sheryl Crow, Red Hot Chili Peppers and scores of others to mobilize action to stop global warming.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - It's not unusual for adoring  Japanese pop fans to sing along with their idols during a  concert. But it's not often that an American audience does that  -- and gets all the Japanese words right.
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The Kyoto Protocol, which aims to slow down global warming, will come into effect on Wednesday.
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World News, January 7th, 2005, 6:10 a.m.) The benefit concerts have already begun in many parts of the world, with thousands packing auditoriums in China, Norway and Finland.
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Comment is free: Henry Porter: Mass events like the Live Earth concert raise awareness, but if we are going to combat climate change, personal action is vital.
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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - It would play right into the hands of critics if the seven Live Earth concerts to be staged worldwide July 7 were to come off in an unfriendly environmental way. And it's probably fair that no concerts in history will be more closely monitored for how well they manage power and waste.
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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 tons of greenhouse gases caused by the events.
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NEW YORK  - The New Jersey edition of the seven-continent Live Earth concert series, designed to publicize the issue of climate change, was a little like Al Gore, the man who helped conceive it. Smartly organized, highly efficient and with its heart in the right place, it was also just a little bit dull.
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Glastonbury, the world&#39;s biggest  open air arts and music festival, on Thursday made  environmental issues a pillar of the three-day event by  launching its &quot;I Count&quot; 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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The Red Hot Chili Peppers led dozens of pop stars performing at Live Earth concerts around the world on Saturday to persuade fans and governments to go green.