Asahi Shimbun: In a world first, Japan will attempt to monitor the Earth’s “breathing” from space, via satellite, as part of efforts to better understand the greenhouse effect. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)–working in conjunction with the Environment Ministry and the National Institute for Environmental Studies–will launch the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) Ibuki using the H-2A rocket on Jan. 21. The name of the satellite derives from the Japanese word for …